With more and more South Africans looking to invest offshore, it’s about time you knew the difference between your SDA and your FIA.
If you want to retire in relative comfort, here are three ‘guesstimates’ to work out how much you will need to have tucked away.
This simple three-step breakdown of how to budget for the month is a game-changer if you’re terrible at saving money.
You might want to give this a read before you start planning your retirement on the beaches of another continent.
Here’s how to keep on track with growing your wealth when your finances don’t look that different from what you were working with last year.
As a new year approaches, consider this a reminder that starting 2021 with your finances in order is a great way to kick things off.
One of the things that can make financial planning daunting is realising that there’s so much more to take into account than just saving.
The saying goes that the best things in life are free, which may explain why, to some people, Discovery Vitality points are so addictive.
Sometimes it’s tough not to read those ‘how much money you should have saved by 40’ stories and wince.
Life expectancy is on the rise, and with it, the age of retirement. The issue that arises is that not everyone can work, healthily, past their 60s.
As any parent will tell you, children are expensive. The sooner you start planning, and teaching responsible money habits, the better.
Many South Africans need to start changing their relationship with money, if we’re going to make it out of this pandemic financially sound.
The national lockdown is putting a huge financial strain on many South Africans. Now may be the time to take a closer look at your financial affairs.
Constant worrying and negative thinking can take a toll on your emotional and physical health. It’s time to get a handle on it.
February 29 is the final day of the South African tax year, and thus the final chance for South Africans to take advantage of these investment opportunities.
Employees are always happy to have their salaries land in the account around payday, but should we be expecting more from the companies we work for?
The world of investing is overrun with myths and commonplace assumptions, that in reality should have no bearing on your financial planning.
Saving for retirement means nothing if you aren’t able to enjoy it. Next week is a great chance for Capetonians to see where they stand healthwise.
Even if you’re doing everything right to save for retirement, these four things could seriously mess with your future and your funds.
According to a recent report, even if you think you’re on track to a decent retirement in your golden years, you could still be blindsided.
When it comes to a sound investment plan, some strategies tend to yield consistently better results than others.
Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung want you to join the ‘Millennial Revolution’, which is centred around a different approach to working and saving money.
A new report has revealed that people are outliving their retirement savings by eight to up to 20 years.
Everybody tells you that starting your retirement savings as early as possible is crucial. Weigh up the numbers, and the penny really drops.
Parents try to set up their kids for success, but today that assistance is costing more than ever, and lasting far longer.
Portfolio diversification is key to growing your personal wealth, and offshore investment is a great way to do that. Here are some of the basic principles.
If you have young children, you’ll want to start saving for their education now, because the numbers don’t make for very easy reading.
Experts say you can break your financial life into three distinct stages, and there’s some shrewd advice for each of those.
Every generation has a certain investing personality, from the Silent Generation through to Millennials, that affect the way in which they plan for the future.
South Africa is in its first technical recession in nine years. That might scare some, but a shrewd investor could see a window of opportunity.