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Quarterly Review – End August 2023
September 05, 2023
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Perspective … It is all too easy to lose our sense of perspective in the never-ending barrage of news we encounter daily from “legacy” media (newspapers) and the more pervasive digital media (television and our smart phones).
Continue Reading →Quarterly Review – End May 2023
June 19, 2023
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Next year we will see elections taking place in the US, Europe, UK and in SA. The local elections have been described as the most crucial national elections since 1994! In the US, we may see two octogenarians [Biden and Trump] fighting it out for a chance at a second term as president
Continue Reading →Quarterly Review – End February 2023
March 03, 2023
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House News: Flash backs – Ten years ago – in our newsletter of Feb 2013 we mentioned that Stacey Barron [then Lancaster] had just been relieved of her Receptionist duties to focus on gaining practical experience in Financial Planning and Advisory services. She had completed her
Continue Reading →Quarterly Review – End November 2022
December 05, 2022
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It is hard to believe that 2022 is almost over! We have survived what can only be described as a challenging and difficult year for us all. I think it is important that we all appreciate the magnitude of the events that have occurred this year – the Ukraine-Russian war, interest
Continue Reading →Quarterly Report Ending August 2022
September 27, 2022
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GDP, CPI and other useful acronyms … South Africa’s “GDP” ended lower in June 2022 [2nd quarter] than it was at the end of 2019 [4th quarter] before “COVID–9” [“bC” … not to be confused with “BC”] came along and really messed things up! GDP stands for Gross Domestic
Continue Reading →Quarterly Report Ending May 2022
June 30, 2022
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Market Volatility Continues… May has proven to be another difficult and volatile month for markets both locally and abroad following what has been a challenging year so far – we have in fact not seen a worse start to a year since the great bear market of 1974! The ongoing Russian inva
Continue Reading →Quarterly Report Ending Feb 2022
March 17, 2022
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“How many REDS could a Dubček check if a Dubček could check REDS?” That’s a Newspaper headline from August 1969 when Russia, Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary [the Warsaw Pact] invaded Czechoslovakia to put a stop to their leader, Alexander Dubček’s efforts at liberalising the economy a
Continue Reading →Quarterly Review – End November 2021
March 17, 2022
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Just when we thought it was all over… “The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in, or what kind of year you’ve had – it’s a fresh start” – Kelly Clarkson “We have made it – the last month of this surreal year is finally here!” This is t
Continue Reading →Quarterly Review – End August 2021
September 21, 2021
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To Hell … and Back … [mostly?] These past three months in South Africa have been traumatic with the worst civil riots in any week in South Africa’s recent history as the mid-point of the Quarter under review! The death and destruction were epic. The official death toll stands at 342
Continue Reading →Quarterly report ending May 2021
July 21, 2021
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House news May got off to a very exciting start when we heard that phase 2 of the vaccination roll-out would begin. John and Marcel [pictured] have received their 1st Pfizer vaccine and we are delighted to report neither have grown an extra limb! We are happy to hear that teachers are
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