Understanding Investing in South Africa
Plenty of South Africans have heard that EasyEquities is a good place to start investing, downloaded the app, and then frozen - unsure what to actually do once they're in. The account types, the different "wallets", the fractional shares - it can look more complicated than it is. The good news is th
When you start investing in South Africa, two terms come up again and again: unit trusts and ETFs. They sound different and they're sold differently, but they do a remarkably similar job - they both let you invest in a basket of many things at once instead of picking individual shares. So what actua
If there's one investment tool almost every South African should know about, it's the tax-free savings account. It's one of the few completely legal ways to grow your money without SARS taking a cut of the growth - and yet plenty of people either don't use it or misunderstand how it works. Used well
If you've started reading about investing, you've almost certainly run into the term "ETF" - and probably a lot of assumptions that you already know what it means. You might not, and that's fine. ETFs are one of the simplest and most powerful tools available to ordinary South African investors, and
If you've ever heard someone mention "the market was up today" or seen a news headline about the JSE, you might have wondered what it actually is and whether it has anything to do with you. It does. The JSE is where ordinary South Africans can own a piece of the country's biggest companies, and unde
The biggest myth about investing is that you need a lot of money to start. You don't. You can begin investing in South Africa with R100, sometimes less, and the habit of starting small and staying consistent matters far more than the amount. The people who build real wealth usually aren't the ones w
Investing 101: The Basics and the Habit
