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Intelligent Investing

With Gold at Record Highs, Should You be Investing?

“Gold is the universal language understood by all nations.” (George Herbert) Just a few weeks ago, the gold price climbed above $2,500 per ounce for the first time in history. This has once again got South Africans talking about the attractiveness (or otherwise) of gold as an investment. Gold is probably one of the easiest…
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Budget 2024: What it Means for You

“Our bigger challenge… is that our pie is not growing fast enough and this limits our ability to generate sufficient revenues to distribute among our priority areas.” (Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana – Budget 2024) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s third Budget Speech in an election year contained few surprises, but also little in the form of…
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Should You Pay Off Your Home Loan?

Good reasons to pay off your home loan The most compelling reason to accelerate the payment of your home loan is the savings you’ll make on the interest component of the repayments. South African mortgage rates are currently high, with the average rate at approximately 10%. Depending on the value of your home, the interest…
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How to Invest When There’s So Much Bad News

“Panic is highly contagious, especially in situations when nothing is known and everything is in flux.” (Stephen King) South African investors have every right to feel concerned. The local economy is facing a heap of problems, and growth has slowed to almost nothing. The recent weakness in the rand has only made things worse. The…
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Can Gratitude Make You Feel Better About Your Money?

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” (Oprah Winfrey) Most personal finance advice focuses on practical things like budgeting, saving, and investing. But financial wellbeing isn’t found on a spreadsheet. It really begins with how we approach…
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Crypto Custody Services Now Offered

Following the demise of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange FTX, we are of the opinion that it’s unlikely that the contagion has not spread to South African cryptocurrency exchanges. With the aim of reducing cryptocurrency investors’ risk of being on a cryptocurrency exchange, Jaltech being the only off-exchange cryptocurrency custody service provider in South Africa…
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