by Fintax Consulting Group | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
A significant risk to global equity markets on the horizon is inflation. The latest round of stimulus has elevated global debt to GDP ratios to unsustainably high levels. Since countries will never be able to pay down this debt, one way out of this problem, is for...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
There has been a flood of new investment opportunities marketed online and through social media in the past few months. It can be hard to dissect all the information and determine the legitimacy and the risks associated to these investments. It goes without saying...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Different perspectives to the same question – can South Africa overcome its current difficulties and prosper? Upheaval by Jared Diamond Diamond identifies a dozen factors that makes it more or less likely that an individual will succeed in resolving a personal...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
How do you protect your wealth when a country goes belly-up? Fortunately, we have a case study in Zimbabwe to help answer that question. Old Mutual is listed in South Africa (JSE), London (LSE) and Zimbabwe (ZSE) on each of their respective stock exchanges. One share...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Mar 25, 2019 | Latest News, Uncategorized
December 2018 was the worst performing December for the global stock market since the Great Depression and the worst performing month since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. Fortunately, in January 2019 markets bounced back sharply with the MSCI All Countries World...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Feb 4, 2019 | Latest News, Uncategorized
In December 2018, global equity markets suffered their worst monthly performance since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), thereby dragging down the year’s returns. There were not a lot of places to hide with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand being the...
