Some reading… Diversification sucks

Diversification is not putting your eggs in one basket. Basically, don’t bet your house on any…

May 23, 2018

The value of hindsight

Ring a bell to anyone? Reminds me of those charts that say “If you had invested $1 with us 30 years ago, look how much money you’d have!”… I am sure every financial firm has those charts on tap.

https://youtu.be/DWru4JhpYWU

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

May 13, 2017

What’s your number?

I am not investing for retirement. That is depressing. My motive? Flexibility. I don’t dream of billions of Rands (or millions of dollars 🙂 ). I just want enough to live the good life. For everyone, the good life is different.

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

Apr 29, 2017

Pepsi or Coke

Today, I was drinking a Pepsi for a change. This was odd as it is not a popular drink in South Africa. Coke is the more dominant. As I was sipping my ice-cold Pepsi, my mind wandered. Is…

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

Apr 8, 2017

Productive assets

What a week. From an investment viewpoint, we must focus. I want to share a blog post (here) recently on exactly that. It probably says it better than I can…

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

Mar 18, 2017

Regulation Overkill

This week, I am writing from London. I have been thinking about regulation. In theory, regulation is a good thing so far as it protects investors.

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

Feb 25, 2017

Can I help you?

I always knew investment costs were high but I was surprised at how high.

Without any advisor fees, many “low-cost” options are well north of 1.50% (ex VAT) per annum. If we add advisor fees and then add platform fees the…

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

Oct 4, 2016

The case for active management

Let’s get one thing out the way. There is no strong case for active management. It is costly and underperforms its passive counterpart on average. But can some forms of active management be beneficial? I think so. Active management must be low-cost and long-term to add any…

Geoff Noble in Forget The Noise

Aug 1, 2016

Investing too much at home

In Forget the Noise, I propose building an income stream by using a majority of South African-listed assets. I have been doing a lot of reading recently which challenges this belief. There is, of course, a lot of noise in the SA press about “state capture”, “corruption” and…

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"How much is enough?" This is a question we often ask ourselves when it comes to money. This is the wrong question as it is almost impossible to answer.

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