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Shares / Re: How does the satrix indi do so well?
« on: January 15, 2016, 11:12:49 am »
So what were the top performing unit trusts over the last 10 years: http://www.moneyweb.co.za/investing/unit-trusts/sas-top-unit-trusts-over-the-last-ten-years/
SIM Industrial Fund R 20.79%
Coronation Industrial Fund 20.17%
36ONE MET Flexible Opportunity Fund A 19.15%
Stanlib Industrial Fund R 18.06%
Investec Property Equity Fund A 17.68%
STXIND over the same period? 20.91%. Not one unit trust in South Africa beat the indi. So more effort = less returns. All the stats I have show that 80% of fund managers can't beat an index globally, but they're generally 3 or 5 year stats. I'd love to see some 10 year plus stats for the world market. I suspect over time the number of losing managers will grow.
SIM Industrial Fund R 20.79%
Coronation Industrial Fund 20.17%
36ONE MET Flexible Opportunity Fund A 19.15%
Stanlib Industrial Fund R 18.06%
Investec Property Equity Fund A 17.68%
STXIND over the same period? 20.91%. Not one unit trust in South Africa beat the indi. So more effort = less returns. All the stats I have show that 80% of fund managers can't beat an index globally, but they're generally 3 or 5 year stats. I'd love to see some 10 year plus stats for the world market. I suspect over time the number of losing managers will grow.
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Off topic / New retirement tax laws
« on: January 14, 2016, 03:05:19 pm »
It's been rather quiet around here about the new retirement annuity/pension fund laws? What does everyone think?
So you're able to put away 27.5% of your income before tax. I think that's huge. If you're paying 42% tax on your earnings it makes a massive difference really quickly.
It'll also be very useful to those have other sources of income. If you've got REITs or a paid up property, your dividends or rent payments are taxed just like income, so putting away 27.5% of everything you earn could actually take you down a tax bracket or two.
On the downside you're not allowed to take it all out at retirement, only a third, and the rest has to go to into an annuity. On the whole, probably not a bad thing for most people, though personally I'd rather not have an annuity and use that cash to increase investments in lower cost index funds.
Also there's a R350k limit, but if you can hit that you're probably not very concerned about your retirement in any case...
So you're able to put away 27.5% of your income before tax. I think that's huge. If you're paying 42% tax on your earnings it makes a massive difference really quickly.
It'll also be very useful to those have other sources of income. If you've got REITs or a paid up property, your dividends or rent payments are taxed just like income, so putting away 27.5% of everything you earn could actually take you down a tax bracket or two.
On the downside you're not allowed to take it all out at retirement, only a third, and the rest has to go to into an annuity. On the whole, probably not a bad thing for most people, though personally I'd rather not have an annuity and use that cash to increase investments in lower cost index funds.
Also there's a R350k limit, but if you can hit that you're probably not very concerned about your retirement in any case...
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Shares / Re: Sell everything ahead of stock market crash, say RBS economists
« on: January 13, 2016, 11:48:20 am »They should have told you that last year, not now that the markets / China / Oil / LON - frikkin everything is down.Yes, around April would have been nice. They could have also mentioned that we'd want to convert our rand to dollars
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Shares / Re: My Beginner's Portfolio Blog(Experiment)
« on: January 08, 2016, 07:42:59 am »For those who question the dividend approach:Just don't calculate the $ growth for any of those, unless of course you want to cry...
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/investing/dividends-both-saviour-and-villain-in-2015/
"It is also important to appreciate just how important dividends were in 2015. The FTSE/JSE All Share showed a dividend yield for the year of 3.17% and the S&P South Africa Composite a dividend yield of 3.28%. In both cases, these outstripped the capital gains on offer."
On the All Share Index dividends would have helped you get a return of 5.1% last year opposed to 1.9% for those who did not reinvest dividends. 7.5% to 4.2% on the Top40.
Not saying the dividend approach is superior. Just saying it has its merits.
Backtested: Well worth a look for the Divs vs. not camp.Great read. That goes along with the global consensus too from my reading on bogleheads. Now knowing that, would the difference have you leave the security of dividend payments for a more tax beneficial capital growth situation?
http://www.easystockpicker.co.za/articles/EffectDY.php
To cut a long story short, it seems it doesn't really matter on average, over time.
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Off topic / Re: Money Equation for LIfe
« on: January 04, 2016, 07:43:07 am »Have a read here: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/05/29/how-much-do-i-need-for-retirement/
No complex equations but it seems to work. Just need to confirm the workability for this country.
Not only does it seem to work, in most cases using the 4% rule has you dying far wealthier than when you retired.