Simon’s weekly wrap: Boring is the new black

I chatted with Tasneem Samodien from Private Clients by Old Mutual Wealth about Amazon’s massive financial loss and negative return on equity. It’s a large holding in their portfolio, but they’re happy that this loss was more about building for the future. We also looked at the investment case for the stock.

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here.

I spoke with Schalk Louw from PSG Old Oak, who made a convincing argument for embracing the idea of making “boring” investments fashionable once more. He makes the point that while lower dividend growth stocks are great, with the yields we’re seeing on the JSE we simply can’t ignore them.

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here.

Does solar enhance the value of your property? I spoke with Dominique d’Hotman of ooba Solar who says not only does it increase equity, but it can also help with a speedier sale.

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here.

Globally we’re living longer thanks to medical advances, and this is great. But it can put a serious strain on financial retirement plans. I spoke with Natasha Huggett-Henchie from NMG Benefits about how we can generate more retirement income, and she offered a few novel ideas.

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