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The Pareto principle in personal finance

Apply the Pareto 80/20 rule to money. Six simple habits deliver the best financial outcomes

AI Robotics in action.

BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy Ambarella, sell Serve Robotics

What the smart money is doing

CHRISTO DE WIT: Get with the blockchain

Without clear regulatory frameworks, South Africa risks falling behind in the tokenisation race

Investing as a lifelong practice  

There is no point at which you finish learning how to invest

SIMON BROWN: What rats can tell us that directors can’t

When rats flee a sinking ship, the signs are clear. When directors sell, not so much

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BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy Absa, sell Vodacom

Mark du Toit, a portfolio manager at Oyster Catcher Investments, on what the smart money is doing

Van der Veen doubles down on Nampak

Nampak chair spends almost R50m on company shares

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The Instagram Illusion 

In the end, investing is easy. Your (bad) behaviour is the problem

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Living vs guaranteed life annuity: which is the better pick? 

How to choose the right annuity

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SIMON BROWN: The AI revolution and the looming tax crisis

As AI rapidly replaces workers, who will pay the taxes needed to keep society running?

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CHRISTO DE WIT: The lawmaking process that wasn’t

Exchange control should be modernised, but not like this

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BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy SpaceX, sell Boeing

David Shapiro, Otto1890 chief global equity strategist

An employee holds one-kilogram gold bar at Gold Investments Ltd.

SIMON BROWN: The perfect plan is to hold gold

Why being bitten by the bug is not a bad thing

The busy woman’s guide to building generational wealth

Why automating your finances beats mastering them

The bitcoin holy wars

Why decentralised governance makes compromise so elusive

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: why turnover hides the water

Johan de Villiers says rising turnover can hide a drowning business

A Truworths store in Illovo, Johannesburg. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA

BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy Invesco China Technology ETF, sell Truworths International

Rowan Williams, a director at Nitrogen Fund Managers, has a ‘buy’ on the Invesco China Technology ETF and a ‘sell’ on Truworths International.