The Rise of the Female Investor – Part 2
We saw last week that there is huge potential for Financial Advisors in the still largely untapped market of the female investor…
Lisa Polson
27.10.23
We saw last week that there is huge potential for Financial Advisors in the still largely untapped market of the female investor…
Lisa Polson
20.10.23
Historically, the financial advisory has centered around male clients. As women have risen in professional and financial spheres…
Lisa Polson
28.07.23
Every July I get a notification from LinkedIn congratulating me on my work anniversary – 4 years with Seed Investments this July! I joined the Seed Investment Team rather fresh out of university. After graduation…
Lisa Polson
17.02.23
Last week we had a look at the relationship between the stock market and the economy and how there can be instances, especially over the short term, where the two move in opposite…
Lisa Polson
10.02.23
Investors generally have the idea that the stock market and the economy move together in unison. As such, people often scan economic data to try get a grasp of stock market prices and to form an…
Lisa Polson
14.10.22
There are multiple ways for a fund’s performance to be presented and evaluated, one of the most commonly used methods are what we call trailing returns.Trailing returns measure how a fund has performed over a specific period. Most fund fact sheets show trailing returns measured on a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year basis.
Lisa Polson
09.09.22
According to Google Trends, “What is inflation?”, is one of the phrases that has seen a significant increase in search interest across the world this year. With the topic of inflation dominating news headlines this is unsurprising.
Lisa Polson
25.02.22
Last week, the Seed Investments Team hosted a joint-Advisor session featuring the managers of the two main equity building blocks within the Seed Balanced Fund – Visio and Fairtree. As at end of January, 23.5% of the Seed Balanced fund was allocated to Fairtree Equity and 20% to Visio.
Lisa Polson
01.10.21
“People are afraid of things they don’t understand.” I’m sure bass guitarist Bill Laswell wasn’t referring to structured notes when he came up with this quote. However, the intrinsic human trait of aversion to the unknown.
Lisa Polson
13.08.21
The debate over the respective merits and shortcomings of active and passive investing is one that has been raging in the financial industry for decades. Here is why active / passive investing shouldn’t be an either / or.
Lisa Polson
20.05.21
It has been about 14 months since the South African Government declared a National State of Disaster in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after, they implemented one of the earliest and harshest lockdowns around the globe. These lockdown measures have had profound implications on the lives.
Lisa Polson
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Thank you for your continued trust and partnership,
Sean Farrell
Chief Executive Officer