Are women really better investors than men? Paul Nixon, head of behavioural finance at Momentum Investments Group, looks at the question of whether women are better investors than men, through a behavioural finance lens. The renowned behavioural finance research duo,...
Tariffs: The Stealth Tax By: Sandy McGregor (from Allan Gray Investments) On 2 April, President Donald Trump took the market by surprise with the size and extent of the tariffs on US imports he implemented via a presidential order. Global share markets sold off...
Understanding the impact of Trump’s tariffs The widely anticipated tariffs were announced by President Trump on the 2nd of April . The sweeping announcement is intended to ‘make America wealthy again’ as tariffs effectively tax foreign producers on their...
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...
World Book Day 2023 “Every night my son and I read a book before bed – it is one of the highlights of our day and a time to reconnect and relax with no interruptions.” (Megan Marais – Southwood Financial Planning) “I love reading to Madison and hearing her perspective...
By Jeremy Gardiner from Ninety One 2020 didn’t start well. January saw load shedding back, our growth forecast downgraded to 0.5%, our President under pressure, and business confidence at 35-year lows. Nobody was expecting a great 2020, but what we didn’t realise...
