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The top four mistakes to avoid when saving for education

As parents, we all want the best for our children, and this often includes being able to give them the best education that we can afford

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Avoid being scammed this festive season

Aware that most of us are less vigilant as we ease into the festive season, scammers will be pulling out all the stops to line their pockets with our hard-earned money,

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How to get into the habit of saving this Savings Month

July is Savings Month, the perfect time to have an honest conversation about our saving habits. There are different strategies we can use to transform goals (intent) into habits. Psychologists explain that a habit comprises three parts: the cue, the behaviour and the reward. If financial security is your goal, you need saving to become your habit.

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Making sure ‘bad timing’ doesn’t get the better of your investments

Making sure ‘bad timing’ doesn’t get the better of your investments

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Managing Our Greatest Investment Risk

Why is it so hard to go against the herd?

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Avoiding the overwhelming bias for action

Waiting for the right opportunity to invest.

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Are we snookering ourselves with confirmation bias?

We have written regularly about investor behaviour, noting how emotions can be our worst enemy. Driven by fear and greed, many investors buy high and sell low and tend to invest based on past performance.

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Investing: An Emotional Business

Common sense may say that the time to invest is when markets are down, but the reality is that most investors wait until markets are running hot before they get on board.

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‘Consume Income, Not Capital’ Mind-Set Risky for Consumers in Low Interest Rate Environment

The combination of a low interest rate environment and an ingrained reluctance amongst investors to finance consumption out of capital.

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Investing explained

Explaination of investing

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