It is generally accepted that to be successful at anything you need to be consistent. Whether it’s saving and investing, exercise, work, marriage etc. Consistency is held to be the key – not the spikes and throughs, but how performance is measured over time. And the message of consistency has been translated to leadership, and […]
Continue Reading1,000,000,000,000…that is what it looks like. And that is what Elon Musk is reported to have become when SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq during June 2026 – a US $ trillionaire. To put it into perspective a trillion seconds is roughly 31,700 years. iI you spend a million per day it would take more than […]
Continue ReadingHello A lot has been said about SA’s unemployment, its lack of competitiveness due to innovation, minimum wage and calls for wealth taxes etc. As a capitalist I tend to look at these items with some scepticism and on the basis that the open market determines price, supply and demand etc. However, when I see […]
Continue ReadingHello So, I was hoping for a more positive Newsletter this month. Yeah well, about that…April turned out to be a Duzi. The US/Iran war is a bad episode of Love Island (OK, every episode is probably bad so worse than the worst episode then) – are they talking, are they breaking up or making […]
Continue ReadingHello Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face. 26th February National budget was OK, things were starting to look a bit rosier for SA and SAFA’s in general…and then on the 28th war breaks out in the Middle East. The indirect implications will be felt at the petrol pump from 1 […]
Continue ReadingHello Budget 2026 was delivered this past Wednesday. Unlike the 2025 budget I think version one of 2026 will be accepted first time around. The immediate positive for us is the slight bracket creep adjustment in the individual tax brackets. It’s not much but with the increase in sin taxes we will still be able […]
Continue ReadingHello I’d say welcome back, but it’s been a while and 2026 is in full swing already. As a consultant I have always believed that the right answer only comes after asking the right questions. And my question of the year is not “What on earth are you doing?”, its “What are you doing on […]
Continue ReadingHello It’s a bit earlier than usual, but for many SAFA’s this is the last working day for 2025 (if not already the 12th) and I almost forgot. For the rest of us, someone needs to keep the economy going. Or will we? Do we not often overemphasize the importance of our jobs? What will […]
Continue ReadingHello During the month of November, I noticed quite a few publications dealing with wealth and inequality. These covered from Musk’s USD1trillion pay package, singer Billy Eilish (worth a cool USD50m herself) calling on billionaires to give away their wealth, wealth taxes in Norway and the global wealth distribution and inequality report. So, let’s talk […]
Continue ReadingHello Completing the newsletter is becoming more difficult. It has to do with content – the “Should I or shouldn’t I?” question. Will it be well received or will it get me cancelled? Not that I am worth cancelling in the first place, but still. So, this month I am going to say what I […]
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