You can check your credit score in South Africa for free. The quickest route is ClearScore, which uses Experian and does not need a credit card. Standard Bank customers can also see a score in the app, under My Credit…
Gold has always been the ultimate “safe haven” investment, but in 2025 and 2026 it stopped being boring. The yellow metal rose 27% in 2024, surged 67% in 2025, smashed through $5,000 per ounce in January 2026, posted its biggest…
Every year, your money buys a little less than it did the year before. That coffee that cost R25 last year might cost R27 today. That’s inflation at work. But what exactly is inflation, and why should you care about…
Investment scams in South Africa have cost victims over R8 billion in the past five years. Mirror Trading International (MTI) was the largest pyramid scheme in the country’s history. It swallowed R6.5 billion from 9,441 investors. Not a single kingpin…
In September 2025, we wrote about the Satrix RESI ETF when it was up 70% year-to-date and looked like the standout performer on the JSE. What happened next was extraordinary. The ETF went on to deliver 142% in a single…
South African government bonds are one of the most overlooked investments available to retail investors. The SAGB R188 pays a fixed coupon of 10.5% per annum, twice a year, until December 2027. You can buy it on EasyEquities with no…
Artificial intelligence is not coming — it is here. The semiconductor industry sold $791.7 billion worth of chips in 2025, up 25.6% from the previous year, and is projected to surpass $1 trillion in 2026. Nvidia, the company at the…
Every investor knows the feeling. You have money to invest, but the market looks expensive. Maybe there’s an election coming, or interest rates might change, or the headlines are predicting a correction. So you wait. And wait. And wait. Meanwhile,…
If there is one investment idea that has genuinely changed how ordinary people build wealth, it is this: stop trying to pick winners and instead buy the entire market. That is the core principle behind index funds, and it is…
Most South African investors think of shares, ETFs, and retirement annuities when they think of building wealth. But what if you could own a piece of a working farm — a blueberry bush, a macadamia tree, a beehive, or a…