Too Busy? Got Better Things to Do? Read the Summary… Gold back on fire?: Gold surged over 4% last week, its best weekly gain since February, closing above $4,300 an ounce. Investors read Fed Chair Kevin Warsh as less inclined to tighten policy than inflation warrants, while easing Iran tensions pushed oil below $80 and […]

One possible sign of the times is the fallout of the hedge fund Situational Awareness (with its 4x leverage). Will we look back at this as the first cracks in the AI bubbble? Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, dropped from about $45 billion to $10 billion in under a month, tied to the AI […]

In the previous part of this series, we looked at general financial advice and advisors; so let’s move on to advice specifically related to investment assets. They are both equally important, and siloing the different ‘types’ of advice can impact your long-term outcome. It isn’t always easy to find an advisor equally proficient in every […]

RSA unexpectedly keeps rate hikes on hold, despite a hotter inflation print – it’s all about the higher price of oil, with no end in sight to Trump’s Middle East war.

Too Busy? Got Better Things to Do? Read the Summary… Watching Sentiment: Oil price moves and Strait of Hormuz traffic remain closely linked, with prediction markets more pessimistic than financial markets about a near-term return to normal shipping. BofA’s fund manager survey, taken as tensions were escalating, showed managers at their most bullish since the […]

Underlying softness in economies may be masked by robust markets, especially around AI. This week, we look at a bit at how to get exposure to ‘momentum’ without substantially increasing volitility and risk.

Too Busy? Got Better Things to Do? Read the Summary… Good news for RSA Inc? Bank chief economist Goolam Ballim sees South Africa’s economy gaining momentum as electricity, ports and rail fixes start paying off, forecasting 1.7% growth next year and 2% in 2028. Separately, Justice Malala’s piece on anti-immigrant violence highlights reputational and economic […]

This week, we spend a bit of time looking at the ‘unwinding’ of the very popular ‘value ‘ investment philosophy and where AI and related investments are taking us. We also discuss RSA’s immigration problem against the backdrop of a better economic outlook.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty of offshore and stock investing in an upcoming post, let’s just tackle the elephant in the room … Fees. Everyone wants to maximise their portfolio returns, and one of the ways to do that is to minimise the fees levied against it. This might look like a straightforward exercise, […]

I contributed to a piece for Citywire on Retail Impact Investing. You can read it HERE Too Busy? Got Better Things to Do? Read the Summary… FED: Kevin’s First International Foray: Warsh told the Sintra conference that inflation expectations and risks have fallen, credited as much to lower oil prices as to his hawkish stance. […]