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Old Mutual Wealth

06 Apr 2021

Hard questions you should ask your financial planner - and some you should ask yourself

By Staff Writer

Working with a financial planner is an important step in anybody’s financial journey. It’s the key, in fact, to taking your wealth further and enabling you to do the things that are important to you.
30 Mar 2021

How’s the punchbowl looking?

By Staff Writer

The Fed recently abandoned the old punchbowl theory of monetary policy. After a major review, it effectively decided late last year that the punchbowl needs to remain in place so that the party can get going properly.
15 Mar 2021

How SA is emerging from the Covid-19 hole

By Staff Writer

By: Izak Odendaal and Dave Mohr, Old Mutual Wealth Investment Strategists South Africa’s economy continues to climb out of the Covid-19 hole. Economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2020 was ahead of the expectations of most economists, and the 2020 contraction of 7%, though the worst on record, was not as bad as initially...
10 Mar 2021

Advice for small financial advisers: Scale to rebound in 2021

By Staff Writer

The Covid-19 pandemic has hurt small or owner-led financial advisory practices that are finding it harder to survive. One of the significant effects of the lockdowns has been the economic impact on clients and the inability of financial advisors to engage in person, limiting their ability to grow their books.
09 Mar 2021

SA's economy and commodity prices

By Staff Writer

How excited should we be about the year-long rally in commodity prices? Since South Africa’s economy and financial markets are heavily impacted by commodity price moves, the answer is particularly important for local investors.
01 Mar 2021

On balance, things are looking good, says Old Mutual Wealth

By Staff Writer

February may be the shortest month of the year, but it’s not short on events. The clouds are starting to part, with almost 200 million people worldwide now vaccinated against the coronavirus, including 67 000 South Africans.

22 Feb 2021

Why the broad US stock market is not in a bubble

By Staff Writer

The local equity market hit a new record high last week. The FTSE/JSE All Share Index rose above 67 000 index points for the first time, a level that seemed far away not long ago. At least one headline in a prominent local financial website asked if this points to a bubble.
15 Feb 2021

Budget 2021: Debt doom or bond boom?

By Staff Writer

Last year’s Budget Speech was delivered in front of a full house in the National Assembly. Politicians, journalists and special guests mingled before and after the speech. There were hugs, handshakes and back slaps aplenty. Next week’s version takes place in a world that has completely changed.
08 Feb 2021

Covid-19: What have we learned over the past year?

By Staff Writer

A year ago, reality started sinking in that the new coronavirus from Wuhan would not be contained to China. No fewer than 25 countries had confirmed cases, and the first deaths outside China were being reported. On 11 February 2020, the disease caused by the new coronavirus was named Covid-19.

01 Feb 2021

The wait for vaccines to bring Covid-19 under control

By Staff Writer

Are we there yet? Investors and parents tired of home-schooling are asking this question in unison. The answer, unfortunately, is not quite. Since November, global investors have had to balance two competing ideas: on the one hand, the arrival of vaccines means life can start to return to normal.

28 Sep 2020

The real reason you should be investing offshore

By Staff Writer

By: Chris Potgieter, Managing Director of Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Securities Discounting for a moment the state of the local economy and one’s particular socio-political view, the key motivation for any investor to invest offshore should be to have appropriately diversified wealth in pursuit of real capital growth at an acceptable level of risk....
03 Sep 2020

Real-time planning tool gives meaning to integrated wealth planning

By Staff Writer

According to the EY Future Consumer Index, 42% of respondents believe that the way they purchase goods and services will fundamentally change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report revealed that 34% of consumers would be prepared to pay more for local products, 25% more for trusted brands and 23% for ethical products. Old Mutual,...