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Cadiz Investments Money Market Fund

6. November 2011

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The Cadiz Investments Money Market Fund aims to deliver high levels of income in excess of returns available through the fixed term deposits and call accounts offered by banking institutions, while providing investors with capital protection and the stability of monthly returns and liquidity. The average duration of the Fund may not exceed 90 days. [...]

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Allan and Gray Investments

6. November 2011

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Allan Gray is a South African investment management company that offers numerous investment vehicles to individuals and institutions alike. Allan Grey’s focus is on long term relationship and long term investment returns and performance  for serious investors. Some of Allan Gray’s largest clients include individuals, retirement funds, insurers, trusts, companies and foundations investing in Southern [...]

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Oil Investing : Invest in Oil and Gas Commodities

4. July 2011

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Oil Investing as daunting as it may sounds, does give investors quite a fews options to get involved in trading of oil shares each with its varying degrees of risk and range from direct investment in oil as a commodity, to indirect exposure in oil through the ownership of energy-related equities. One direct method of [...]

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Forex Trading – Liquidity Explained

7. June 2010

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In Forex Trading the word Liquidity refers to the level of market interest — the level of buying and selling volume — available at any given moment for a particular asset or security. The higher the liquidity, or the deeper the market, the faster and easier it is to buy or sell a security. From [...]

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Forex Trading Outlook for the Week

6. June 2010

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The forex trading week preview In the States; On Tuesday, May ISM Manufacturing forecast at 59 vs. 60.4 previously. On Wednesday, ADP Employment change forecast at 58k vs. 32k previously. On Thursday, Weekly Jobless Claims are forecast at 455k vs. 460k previously. May ISM Non Manufacturing is forecast at 55.7 vs. 55.4 previously. On Friday, [...]

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Old Mutual Index Tracking Advantages

7. April 2010

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Old Mutual, one of  South Africa’s largest financial institutions today announced their unhappiness with local financial advisers for most part ignoring the benefits of index trackers like the Satrix 40 which minimizes risk through investing in individual equities and not exposing investors to an aggregate performance of the JSE’s top 40 shares. Financial services firm [...]

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Investing Online Forex Trading South Africa

21. March 2010

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Investing online in South Africa with Forex Trading has never been easier with the professional service from Easy Forex. Easy Forex provides the perfect online platform for you to trade and accumulate your personal wealth. Their individual personal account managers will see to it that you have all the information that you require to be [...]

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Best Unit Trusts of 2009

10. January 2010

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Improved investor sentiment came through in the last quarter of 2009, seen in the strong performance of some FTSE/JSE indices and unit trust returns, said Plexus Asset Management on Thursday. In the quarter to December 31, resources stole the show, with the Resources Index up 16.7% on a total return basis. Plexus said this was [...]

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Absa Money Market Fund Investments

7. January 2010

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The Absa Money Market Fund carries a maximum weighted term to maturity of 90 days and does not allow one single investment’s term of maturity to exceed the period of one year. A1 rated institutions are used as the funds short-term investment instruments. The main objective of the Absa Money Market Fund is maximise income [...]

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Unit Trusts – Benefits and Disadvantages

4. January 2010

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Investing can be very daunting as I have been figuring out for myself over the last couple of months. One of the options available to you that in my opinion seems like quite a wise avenue to pursue is investing in Unit Trusts which are offered by most banks worldwide. Before I go into the [...]

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