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...
Short-term uncertainty versus long-term certainty | The danger of letting short-term market moves drive your decisions By Roné Swanepoel, Business Development Manager, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa “If I ask you what’s the risk in investing, you would...
Market and Economic Summary Most global markets moved higher in March, however, the positive moves masked the volatile nature of global financial markets over the month. The recent stress in the banking sector including SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse led market...
Saving and investing | The ultimate power couple By Debra Slabber, Portfolio Specialist, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa When you earn and/or have money, you have the ability to control how you spend it, save it and/or invest it. This is where the...
What Happened? Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the 20 largest banks in the U.S. in terms of assets, has collapsed. It was the second largest bank failure in U.S. history and had international operations that were also impacted. As well, another (slightly) smaller...
Market and Economic Summary After a strong start to the year, markets gave up some of their year-to-date gains in the month of February. This was on the back of stronger economic data, which led market participants to become concerned about interest rates staying...
