City Girl: It’s a love story
Despite ongoing troubles in Greece and surrounding Europe, indices across the globe seem insistent on going up. All the added liquidity from the European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Bank of England,...
View ArticleCity Girl: Environmental education
From 1998 to 2010, South African interest rates averaged 13.96 %. That’s a long way off from 5.5% and will definitely have an impact on your investments. What’s more, it would seem that it’s not going...
View ArticleThe behaviour gap
How not to let your emotions get in the way of sound financial decisions.
View ArticleJargon: What is The Matthew Effect?
Ever heard of The Matthew Effect? Finweek explains.
View ArticlePlanetary Apartheid
This is an important blog post from economist Johan Fourie and should be read by all South African policy makers
View ArticleJargon busting: The Fiscal Cliff
Finweek writer Simona Levet busts this jargon for us and explains what the “Fiscal Cliff” is:
View ArticleBond Vigilantes
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Bond Vigilantes are spandex-clad individuals looking for bonds. Finweek busts the jargon.
View ArticleDrinking the Kool-Aid
Drinking the Kool-Aid might sound like a good time, but we strongly advise against it. Find out why here.
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Repo rate
The repo rate is the rate at which a country's central bank - in South Africa's case, the Reserve Bank - lends money to commercial banks. Just like consumers have to pay interest on money borrowed from...
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Inflation
Inflation refers to the rising prices of goods in an economy over a certain period of time. In South Africa this means that every rand you spend buys you less.
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Overweight
In the financial world, the term "overweight" is slightly more positive than in fashion magazines. A portfolio that is overweight is one that holds an excess amount of a particular security. If, for...
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Garnishee
A legal order issued by the courts that allows an employer to make deductions from their employee’s salary to offset debt.
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Sovereign Wealth Fund
This is the money sourced from a country’s reserves that is set aside for investment purposes. The funding for a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is derived from Central Bank reserves that accumulate as a...
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Failure to deliver
As the term suggests, this occurs in a transaction where one of the counterparties fails to meet its obligations. When this happens, either the party with the long position does not have enough money...
View ArticleJARGON BUSTER: Debt ceiling
There’s been plenty of discussion around the US debt ceiling over the past few weeks, but what exactly does it all mean? In brief, the term refers to the maximum amount that the US is allowed to...
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