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MONEYWEB app instead? Want to start investing? Here’s what to consider Venturing into investments can be intimidating. Elke Brink of PSG Wealth discusses what to consider, outlines various investment vehicles, and shares some advice on how to build a share portfolio. 00:29  This is one of the greatest gifts you can give your future self. As Albert Einstein said: “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world, he who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.”  1. Is it ever advisable to take out a loan and using those funds to invest? Yes, in certa...

On the Money. Budding stock market investor Jarryd Neves, of BizNews, sends out an invitation to everyone who wants to ask questions about share investing – but is too embarrassed to ask. Write to [email protected] And tune in for his regular Monday column: On the Money Mention the word ‘budget’ to someone who’s just landed their first job and their smile will quickly dissolve into a frown, with eyes as dead as the night. Yes, budgeting is a rather boring – but essential – thing that we all should do, but don’t. It may not be exciting or allow you to blow your payslip as you wi...

On the Money. Budding stock market investor Jarryd Neves, of BizNews, sends out an invitation to everyone who wants to ask questions about share investing – but is too embarrassed to ask. Write to [email protected] And tune in for his regular Monday column: On the Money If you’ve been tuning in to the BizNews Power Hour – if not, you really should be – you will have undoubtedly come across numerous nuggets of wisdom, dropped by the knowledgeable and informed guests. One such guest was Candice Paine of PR Financial Services. Talking about tax-free savings and investments, Paine unpack...

Carbon Zero Bringing normalcy to the chaos of crowdfunding In June 2020, I wrote about some Nigerian companies that were offering eye-catching returns to investors. Although a few of these companies called themselves “agritech” startups, it is more accurate to call them crowdfunding companies. While the returns they offered - some as high as 40% in three months - grabbed my attention, I knew that investors were at risk of losing their money with such outsized returns. A few people lost their money at the time, and one Nairaland thread shows the number of such agritech companies that have...

Jan 25, 2021 The pandemic in 2020 had a massive impact on the financial services industry, with social distancing and remote shopping driving new demands – and local fintechs are largely filling these niches. Dominique Collett, senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and the head of AlphaCode, unpacks the organisation’s predictions for 2021. Each year, at AlphaCode , we use our vantage point of the fintech landscape to share what we expect this year. We had no idea last January that a whole new world awaited. One that would include global lockdowns, Zoombombing, covidiots...