The ‘Biggest’ Risk in Investing
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One Year On …
Market Context We launched the Lunar BCI Worldwide Flexible Fund (LBWFA) on 1 June 2016. In our first year to 31 May 2017, several significant events have been playing out locally and globally, which impacted the investment markets: Political events in South Africa have not only impacted investment sentiment negatively, but also led to a […]
#MyFamilyBalanceSheet
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The Robots are Coming!
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Risk
“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No.1” Warren Buffett What does Buffett mean when he says that the first rule of investing is never to lose money, and the second rule is to never forget the first rule? Has Buffett never lost money? To answer the second question first: […]
Ring the Bell
Ring the Bell Please let me know when market guru of the Johannesburg and/or the Nasdaq Stock Exchange rings the bell to tell us that we are at the top of the market cycle. Similarly, let me know when our market guru declares that we have reached the bottom of the next bear cycle. You […]
Read to Learn
Read to Learn “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants” This quotation is attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. Newton was making the point that had he not learnt from other great scientists, he would not have been able achieve what he did. In the investment world, there are […]
Forecasting
Time to forecast? It’s that time of the year when many pundits provide an opinion on what they forecast for the year ahead. Some even go so far as to predict what the exchange rates or market indices will be as at the end of the year. A good way to check out how good […]
Six Months
Our first six months review Market Context The Lunar BCI Worldwide Flexible Fund (LBWFA) was launched on 1 June 2016. In our first six months to 30 November 2016, several significant events have been playing out locally and globally, which impact the investment markets: The ongoing political wars within the ruling African National Congress in […]
Making Sense
Seminal changes When the British voted marginally in favour of leaving the European Union (Brexit as it was popularly known as); many, including me and even Brexit supporters were surprised. Even more surprising was Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the US presidential elections. We were all led to believe by the mainstream media, as well […]