May 26, 2023
There has been a sudden surge in interest in precious metal ETFs in recent months, especially in platinum. What is driving this demand? Why can only some banks, and no asset managers, be issuers of commodity ETPs? In addition to platinum, we cover gold, silver, palladium and rhodium in this...
May 3, 2023
The options for income and yield in an investment portfolio continues to expand, and in this episode we feature two new ETFs available to investors for consideration. The JSE is also getting its first actively-managed ETF, decisively crossing the divide between index tracking and active management in...
Apr 24, 2023
The appeal of dividends in an investment strategy is well-known, and arguably timeless, but supplementing this strategy with share buybacks is perhaps less well-known, and certainly not one that has been easily accessible for retail investors. The range of investment strategies available through the...
Mar 27, 2023
Liquid Private Credit in the US market is an investment opportunity not readily available to South African investors in any form other than an actively-managed certificate (AMC). Prior to the global financial crisis in 2008, most companies raised capital and financing by traditional means such as either banks or via...
Dec 22, 2022
“Diversification is the only free lunch in town”. This statement is famously attributed to Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz, and is often cited as your best defence against market risk. But what does diversification mean in practice, and how can we use ETFs to achieve this in a portfolio?