Mona Lisa Smile – The Pursuit of Perfection
A celebrity make-up artist recently made the following comment when interviewed by the New Yorker Magazine: ‘’It’s Instagram Face, duh. It’s like an unrealistic sculpture. Volume on volume. A...
In the Eye of the Beholder
Bullseye! Tencent, the giant Chinese internet technology company partly owned by Naspers (Prosus) recently announced their plan to seamlessly embed video ads directly into movies. To get a clearer...
Robin Hoodwinked
Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Robinhood levies hidden charges on the masses to get rich. Robinhood is a fintech company that has become extremely popular with younger stock...
Don’t Focus on Short-Term Hocus Pocus
Myopia – or more commonly known as short-sightedness – has been the cause of many people’s frustration. Sixty years ago, 10-20% of the Chinese population was short-sighted. Today, up to...
The Deepfake Headache
Technology is impacting the world in new ways. One of the ways in which it is impacting every person on earth is through its use in telling stories in the political arena. The first real...
FANG – Full Steam Ahead!
Whilst investors in equity markets experienced large declines in 2018, thus far in 2019, returns to both equity and fixed income investors have been more favourable. Returns have, for the most part,...
What is FOMO? Fear of Missing Out
The ‘’Rabbit’’ sculpture by artist Jeff Koons recently sold for a record $91m. It’s been called “…one of the most iconic works of 20th-century art”. A phrase coined by auction house Christie’s. The...
Using debit orders to start your investment portfolio
As it is Youth month we find it fitting that we talk about starting your investment portfolio. With many of the obstacles facing youth in today’s day and age, let alone even thinking about saving or...
Mickey Mouse’s Oil – Re-Drillable Intellectual Property
Flash back to 1966 when the entire Disney company was for sale at $80 million (currently it is trading at $258 billion). Disney had a back catalogue of 200+ films that could be re-released over and...
Beyond Meat – Beyond Returns?
Dear Fintax Investor Last month the Balanced Fund returned 2.7% and the Growth Fund 3.5%. Over rolling 12 months the Funds have now returned 2.3% and 1.8%, respectively, relative to 5.8% for the...
The Cannabis Craze – Flying High
Over the past two years, various cannabis focussed companies have delivered between 337% and 455% for their investors. Tripling and quadrupling your money in two years is nothing to be coughed at....
The Curious Case of the African Growth Story
February was another positive month for the Fintax Funds with Growth adding 3.3% and Balanced adding 2.7% bringing the year to date returns to 12.9% and 10.7%, respectively. Rolling 12 months have...