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By 18 April 2011

If I had to offer you the choice of investing in an ordinary share of, let’s say for arguments sake Sasol, or a preference share which would you choose?
Do you reckon that both shares carry the same amount of risk as well as return?
Well, let’s find out…

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By 26 January 2011

Life is all about risk and reward. Take starting your own business as a prime example. If you take a gap and put everything on the line, you stand to win (just like Vuyo and his world class wors in that cool Hansa advert…Darn it, I really feel like a ...

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Surfs Up Dude!
By 12 May 2010

Yip, I’m taking about those dudes who get ‘paid’ to lie around on the beach all day long, smoke a little weed, pick up all the hot women, and get a great tan… oh, pardon me, did I forget to mention…they also surf!
And before all the surfers out there get ...

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The Reason Why Compound Interest Doesn’t Work
By 9 April 2010

“Lawrence, explain this to me… I’ve been investing R500 each and every month for the past five years…and now you’re telling me that my investment is worth less than what I’ve paid in? I may as well have left it in my bank account!”
I’ve heard these same words so many ...

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By 27 February 2010

Do you have the stomach for the equity market investment ride?
How many eighty something’s have you seen strapped into the “Big Bender” roller coaster at GoldReef City’s entertainment centre? Not many, if any. I mean can you picture it. The rollercoaster plummeting towards the earth at 100km per hour, dentures rattling ...

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