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Bevan

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« Reply #7125 on: July 21, 2018, 08:49:17 pm »
Nice discount on my full tank of fuel!

Bit of a long way to go though, just to get cheap fuel. You chasing snow?
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« Reply #7126 on: July 21, 2018, 09:52:18 pm »
Work. I get paid to fly drones around these days. narrowly missed crashing one into a mountain that was far higher than expected. Another lesson learnt for the guide book.

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« Reply #7127 on: July 22, 2018, 09:21:52 pm »
Nice discount on my full tank of fuel!

Bit of a long way to go though, just to get cheap fuel. You chasing snow?

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« Reply #7128 on: July 24, 2018, 12:37:58 pm »
The bitcoin profile is in profit for the first time this year...

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« Reply #7129 on: July 24, 2018, 02:29:21 pm »

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« Reply #7130 on: July 24, 2018, 02:29:24 pm »

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« Reply #7131 on: July 24, 2018, 02:30:04 pm »
hi patrick can you recommend a top 40 etf?

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« Reply #7132 on: July 24, 2018, 04:23:17 pm »
The bitcoin profile is in profit for the first time this year...

People love chasing it higher but it's getting a little top heavy now I reckon. This is a fascinating market to watch the ups and down of. Homo Sapiens pure unadulterated FEAR and GREED at its core. It's what we are as a species unfortunately.
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« Reply #7133 on: July 25, 2018, 08:07:34 am »
@ishpat, in theory all top40 ETFs buy the same shares in the same ration. Just buy the one with the lowest TER!

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« Reply #7134 on: July 25, 2018, 11:44:53 am »
I believe the Ashburton and Sygnia ones are the cheapest. Ashburton is the one I'd go for if I wanted a top 40.

Still reckon the top 50 from CoreShares is the better one to go for.

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« Reply #7135 on: July 25, 2018, 08:36:47 pm »
I don't know what to call anymore in this strange financial climate. Not even the best expert can make a call nowadays. Things have changed over the past 2 years. I have even stopped the investing challenge. I follow the ZAR for personal reasons and see it at 12.76 by year end if politicians keep their mouths shut. My last call was correct so lets see if I have to eat my jocks with this one.
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« Reply #7136 on: July 25, 2018, 09:03:00 pm »
I don't know what to call anymore in this strange financial climate....

Extrapolate the rich getting richer and the poor getting left behind. It's not a pretty scene. More and more of the majority of the world is landing up in debt and basic food will start getting vastly more expensive now as almost all economies of scale have been leveraged. Just to get your standard retail loaf of bread requires wheat farmers, truckers, millers, food preservative scientists, branding and marketing people, packaging people, more trucking and retailers. Or you could live in an off-grid community with wheat farmers, millers and bakers. US social security goes bankrupt in 2020. The US itself seems to think it can avoid its more than $20-trn debt, trusting they can just print more and the same old morons will keep buying and rolling their bonds. Interest rates are climbing and inflation is nowhere to be seen. QE has blown most of its gunpowder. Unfortunately we are heading for a huge financial reckoning with years of negative market returns ahead. But we will come out of it a little wiser, more ethical and caring for the planet. The robots will be doing all the work and the government will pay everyone basic income grants. Unfortunately for most this will barely buy hydroponically-grown lettuce and stem-cell grown meat alternatives (yuk), never mind travel the world. Governments will of course get bigger and bigger, when they should really be getting smaller and the people should be more free.
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« Reply #7137 on: July 27, 2018, 08:39:34 am »
The annual Julia update took place last night: http://www.702.co.za/articles/313098/supersaver-julia-is-back-is-her-already-substantial-nest-egg-still-growing

She's got R4.8m now in SA. I'm a little upset they didn't update her total net worth as she has a near paid up house and some money overseas.

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« Reply #7138 on: July 27, 2018, 10:53:21 am »
thank you

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« Reply #7139 on: July 27, 2018, 11:11:52 am »
thank you
. for investing off shore will a S AND P etf  be advisable or the ashburton 1200 will more suitable?