Wishing all our clients a wonderful festive season!

As the festive season approaches, we at Southwood Financial Planning would like to take a moment to wish you and yours a wonderful festive season.  May you find time to enjoy life’s simple blessings and the beauty of each quiet moment. As always, we thank you for your...

Market volatility and how to train your brain

Sit tight and don’t be tempted by your biases. Market volatility and how to train your brain By Roné Swanepoel, Business Development Manager, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa The pilot’s famous answer, when asked about his job, is, “Hours of boredom...

Celebrating Mandela Day 18 July 2022

Social responsibility is many things to many people but as a 100% women-owned and managed business, we believe this was the perfect organisation to give back to. Sparrow Society, a non-profit company based in Cape Town South Africa, aren’t just in the business of...

What to do when you don’t know what to do?

In the words of Peter Lynch two years after the March 2020 Covid crash – “More money has been lost in crises trying to predict what is going to happen than actually in them”. As with all things unknown and uncertain, it is human nature to speculate how things...

Celebrating Youth Day 16 June

The transition from childhood to adulthood can be a difficult one. Young people face challenges such as leaving their parental home, moving into the world of work and beginning to build a family. But for young people today the challenge is even more difficult because...