Investment & Retirement
Just a cautionary on investing during this gloomy economic climate… any of our clients have invested in retirement annuities, pensions, preservations, pure unit trust investments in Allan Gray, PPS Investments and Itransact Exchange Traded Funds through us at SPIDDI INVESTMENTS. We keep an eye on how your investments are performing. From now onwards I will […]
July is a National Savings Month
July is a National Savings Month. It comes when our national savings statistics are at their lowest. Our household savings rate was 1.1 per cent in March 2016, meaning we save 1 cent from every rand we earn. Our debt ratio as a percentage of disposable income was 76.6 per cent meaning 77 cents of […]
What retirement should mean to you
I recently attended a four-day retirement conference organised by the Institute of Retirement Funds in Africa. The theme was “Navigating the future”. I share the following 8 relevant points that were discussed by various speakers: Retire from work NOT from life. Your retirement objectives should include a PURPOSE (much to live for), FINANCIAL SECURITY (enough […]