Morningstar Market Commentary for August 2024
Market and Economic Summary Global equity markets recorded strong gains this month. However, these positive headline moves masked the volatile nature of global markets, as most experienced a sharp sell-off during the first week of the month. This sell-off was due to...
Maybe She’s Born with it…
The month of August is marked as Women's month as a tribute to the 20 000 women who marched to Union Buildings on the 9th of August 1956. While progress has been made, there are still so many gaps in today's society; one of them being financial knowledge. Maybe She's...
Current Market Volatility
Dear Southwood Clients For those of you who enjoy your sport, we hope you’ve been relishing the Olympics. Amid the headlines about our great athletic achievements, the current market volatility is also very much in the spotlight. To address this, we’d like to share...
Two-pot: How to achieve better retirement outcomes
Richard Carter, head of Assurance, is joined by Shaun Duddy, head of Product Development
From Johannesburg to Japan: How to resist the magnetism of the magnificent seven |
Tamryn Lamb, Tim Acker and Graeme Forster
How to think about investing in an energy-short and volatile world |
Tamryn Lamb, Duncan Artus and Alec Cutler
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