The United States economy has been at war or on the side-line of the World Wars for about one-fifth of the time since 1885 (almost a 30-year period).

When looking at financial planning most people have three basic questions that need to be answered…

Last week we looked at some of the titans of the past in Titans of Future Past. Today, we will be polishing our crystal balls to look at tomorrow’s titans.

Our world is changing at an ever-increasing pace. New technological innovations keep pushing the boundaries of what we thought possible, every day

At Seed, our investment process is designed to ensure that we make decisions that are not only good for our investors, but that those decisions can be repeated through the cycle…

In a relatively short space of time, debt levels across the world have ballooned. At the same time, the world economy and total asset base has grown.

Recent headlines have been very depressing, bringing to the fore the social challenges we face. Growing inequality and prevalent poverty has amplified these challenges…

An important part of Seed’s multi management process is to perform monthly asset class valuations using our in-house quantitative models.

Greetings from one world champion to another. I was really hoping that we could bottle the euphoria and unity
generated by the recent incredible game, along with the post-match interviews and picture feeds.

An important part of Seed’s multi-management process is performing monthly asset class valuations using our in-house quantitative models.

Financial Advisors do not merely recommend an asset to clients without having a full picture of the clients’ current circumstances, future planning, and rational financial saving abilities.

More recently gold, when denominated in various currencies, has been moving up and hence attracting investor attention.

This almost feels like an obligatory opening statement, but it needs to be said: South African investors have been through a tough time.

As a financial planner with a number of clients who are already retired, I am often asked to either draw up a Power
of Attorney or even worse I am shown a Power of Attorney…

While recently going through some research conducted by one of our global research providers, BCA Research
Inc, I found myself wondering if their findings…

The South African Unit Trust industry has seen robust growth over the last two decades. Assets totalled just under R 100bn twenty years ago and have grown to R 2.4tn…

An important part of Seed’s multi-management process is to perform monthly asset class valuations using our in-house quantitative models.

On a weekly basis, our investment experts tackle a wide range of topics that equip the reader with the knowledge
and skills to understand, monitor and grow their investment portfolios.

South Africans are generally a pessimistic bunch. We love bad news, even if it’s fake news, and it’s always only the “realists” that see the “true picture”.

Investing outside of South Africa’s borders should be a material component of most investors’ investment portfolio, particularly those that fall into the bracket of ‘high net worth investors’

Diversification is a tried and tested method of reducing investment risk. South African investors embrace this, as seen by the popularity of multi-asset funds.

Following on the article from last week where the transfer policy of football clubs was discussed, we take a look
at some of the assets held by football clubs.

Over the past few weeks, global football leagues have been wrapping up. At the time of writing, there were still two European Championship finals to look forward to.

Some of you may know that I did the Iron Man in Port Elizabeth in April – and conditions were horrendous. Before the event I had (true to form) planned my whole race meticulously.

Over many years now, especially following the global financial crisis some 10 years ago, when subprime mortgage
markets in the US led to a global banking crisis…

The use of technology has grown in the investment industry as in other industries. Active managers have long
analysed structured data like financials…

An important part of Seed’s multi-management process is performing monthly asset class valuations using our in-house quantitative models.

“Why does the choppiness of investment returns matter if an investor plans to invest for the long term?”

A large part of our investment process at Seed is performing regular valuations on a variety of asset classes and
then tilting our portfolios towards those asset classes that show value

The late Sir John Templeton, founder of Franklin Templeton Investments, penned an article in 1993, in which he
set out these 16 rules. He starts the article with a quote saying