B2B Central

Tom Elliott

17 Sep 2019

Sit tight or consider international platforms

By Janice Roberts

An investment risk outlook for 2019 Q4. Political and economic uncertainty are wreaking havoc with the rand. The currency has depreciated 6.5% against the dollar in August, with the worst performance among emerging-market currencies after Argentina’s peso. During the past month, it has whipsawed between daily gains of as much as 1.1% and losses of...
08 Jan 2019

Expect volatility but positive returns in 2019

By Janice Roberts

Volatility will persist throughout 2019, reflecting uncertainty as the Fed tightens monetary policy – but current stock market valuations will generate positive returns for investors.
07 Jan 2018

Investors will need 'risk assets' to beat inflation in 2018

By Janice Roberts

Investors now have little alternative but to support risk assets if they want to beat inflation.  This is according to Tom Elliott, International Investment Strategist at deVere Group. Global stock markets entered 2018 with positive momentum, including the Dow Jones which has surpassed 25,000 for the first time in history.
15 Feb 2017

Focus shifting from wealth taxes to fiscal accountability

By Janice Roberts

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is under increasing pressure to extract more wealth taxes when he delivers his budget on 22 February. But South Africans are already heavily taxed compared to citizens of our BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India and China) peers.
22 Nov 2016

Beware of the rise in U.S. bond yields, investors warned

By Janice Roberts

Investors should remain cautious of the significant rise in bond yields and pay attention to the headlines – real and imagined, warns one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.