‘The more you read, each day you are learning a little more – and I think it's very important to do that kind of reading. You learn about companies as well’: Investment rockstar David Shapiro – deputy chair, Sasfin.
‘If you had to ask me to give one word of advice to all investors, it would be diversification...The worst thing that a tiny investor could do is put all their savings into just one counter’: Dr Michael Jordaan, former FNB CEO.
Amateur retail investors in SA stocks which big asset managers ignore ‘simply do not have the...capacity to cover the near-100 stocks...in the small to midcap universe’: Small Talk Daily analyst Anthony Clark.
‘Look for great companies to hold for the long term, but at the same time look for companies where something strange is going on …’: Jean Pierre Verster, Protea Asset Management.
‘Capitec [is] a good example of an excellent investment, bought for all the right reasons, held for the right reasons, and then sold because of a technicality’: Keith McLachlan of Integral Asset Managers.
‘You need to make up your own mind around whether what the market is seeing is correct, or the opposite. Sometimes it's very difficult’: Craig Gradidge of Gradidge Mahura.
If you are a long-term investor and want to buy something and hold it for at least three to five years, ‘trade ideas’ offers a good spot to start getting involved: Chantal Marx from FNB Private Wealth
The platform has revolutionised the industry by allowing fractional ownership. You don't need to buy one share. You can buy fractions of it. ‘For me investing is a team sport,’ says CEO Charles Savage.
Chief investment officer Dr Andrew Dittberner says, ‘if you're going to panic, you need to be the first to panic – and that’s the Steinhoff story’.
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About Be a Better Investor
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Moneyweb editor Ryk van Niekerk hosts the weekly 'Be a Better Investor' podcast to give both amateur and established retail investors a peek at how professional investors invest.
He chats to professional investors about their experiences in selecting potential investments, as well as how successful these processes have been. They discuss their biggest hits and misses and other topics, which may offer a few golden nuggets for listeners ... to become better investors.