AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Brenthurst Wealth Management financial adviser, Richus Nel, looks at how managing personal finance and investing can be improved by thinking like a farmer.
South Africa’s investment market delivered exceptional returns – about 19,5% per year – over the 10 years prior to 2015. It’s small wonder that investors are disappointed with the market’s relative underperformance over the past two years.
The recent memory of the ‘good old days’ causes investors to have unrealistic expectations that their investments will double every five years.
This expectation is frequently the main reason why investors make investment mistakes by risking too much, or even too little.
