by adriaanc@mayflymc.co.za | Oct 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Quite comfortably the best investor psychology book of the year in my opinion has been Morgan Housel’s’ The Psychology of Money – Timeless lessons on wealth, greed and happiness. We keep buying more and more copies in the office to give away as the lessons in this...
by adriaanc@mayflymc.co.za | Oct 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
The first part of 2022 was painful to markets and investors. Fears of inflation spiralling out of control, followed by rapid and potentially large interest rate increases by the US Federal Reserve which could potential lead to a recession in 2023 or 2024 are spooking...
by adriaanc@mayflymc.co.za | Oct 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
There will always come a time when you need to access some of the money you have saved. After all, you put it away for a purpose. But, unfortunately, investments don’t operate like bank accounts. Withdrawing funds is often not as easy as simply logging onto an app and...
by adriaanc@mayflymc.co.za | Oct 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
“There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return.” – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela On 18 July, in a small attempt to do our bit on Mandela Day, the extended DTB family gave a couple of hours of...
by adriaanc@mayflymc.co.za | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ronald Reagan called inflation “as deadly as a hit man”. And, for any investor, it really is the biggest enemy you face. Usually, you don’t notice it. Even though you know that R1,000 today will buy you less than R1,000 did five years ago, this normally happens in a...
by adriaanc@mayflymc.co.za | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
You might remember thinking back to school or university days learning about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid. Just to remind you, in 1943 Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist proposed in his research paper a theory around the theme of human motivation. Maslow...
