Lifestyle Financial Planning
With the added advantage of being subject to group underwriting as opposed to personal underwriting, group life cover is generally more cost-effective than if you were to take out cover in your personal capacity. Group life and disability cover is
Because the aim of a living annuity is to provide the policyholder with a regular income throughout retirement, limits are placed on the level at which investors can draw down from their investment. As it currently stands, investors can select
Cohabiting couples do not have a right to claim a share of the member spouse’s pension interest. The right to claim a share of the member spouse’s pension interest is legislated in terms of the Divorce Act of 1979 and,
Humans are emotional beings which is generally a good thing – except in the context of investing. Market volatility can wreak havoc with our emotions and lead us to make irrational decisions based on greed and fear rather than on
In addition to credits for your excess medical aid contributions, you can also get credits for out-of-pocket medical expenses that were not covered by your medical aid. Where you submitted these expenses to your medical aid, but they were not
Retiring from your retirement funds marks the transition from saving towards retirement to drawing from your capital and pitching your draw down rate at the right level at the outset is critical. The 4% rule, which has its critics, assumes
With financially dependent adult children, this life stage is critical when it comes to fine-tuning your retirement plan, settling debt, and structuring your assets. Having increased your net worth, reduced your home loan debt, and with fewer financial dependants, it
Remember, while your residual payment is used to reduce your monthly repayments, it still forms part of your loan agreement. So, if you want to pay off your vehicle quicker, the settlement agreement will include the residual amount.
Hindsight bias makes past events appear more predictable than they were at the time, which can lead investors to believe that the future events are more predictable than they actually are, thereby leading them into the cover-confidence trap. Hindsight is
As much as we try to encourage our children to make smart money decisions, it’s important that we allow our kids to feel in control of their financial decisions. While they are relatively young and the damage can be limited
