Join our conversation with Bruce Whitfield, author, speaker, radio host at 702 and Cape Talk. We get personal with Bruce by picking the award-winning finance journalist’s brain to understand his relationship with investing as well as how his upbringing informed his career. Bruce takes us through his method of cutting through the noise, the resources he uses in staying up to date with the news, and he introduces us to his latest book – Genius: How To Take Smart Ideas Global. In a time when EasyEq...
Jul 12, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 20
If you didn’t know by now then here’s a declaration: EasyEquities is levelling up its operations to spread investment democratisation. This is why we’ve invited Purple Group and EasyEquities’ new Chief Risk Officer, Nicola Comninos, to the studio for a fireside chat with us. Nicola joined Team purple after 15 years at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), and gives us a new dimension through which to understand what ‘risk’ means (hint: it’s about both opportunities and threats). She highlights ...
Jul 08, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Tune into this episode to hear Purple Group's new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Rish Tandapany, as he outlines the company’s expansion into Asia. Rish underlines the reason why property is a big investment class in the Asian continent, tapping into cultural gears to unlock the continent’s appetite in investing, the trend of sustainable investing and a whole lot more. Listen to this episode to get gems from the well-travelled new addition to the Purple Group team as he outlines his plan to conqu...
Jul 07, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Join us in welcoming Rish Tandapany, Purple Group's new Chief Operating Officer (COO) originally from Singapore looking to further expand Easy’s reach to international shores. This episode is important for investors in Purple Group shares (EasyEquities’ parent company) keeping an eye on the company’s expansion plans, as well as for people interested in career nuggets from the legends making waves in their industries. We talk about making finance fun, to the way Rish diversifies his own personal ...
Jul 06, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Feeling a bit lazy about digging into the stock markets but you know that you want to invest? You’re not alone at all. Allow us to introduce Thando Ndlovu to you. She is a financial freedom content creator based in Bali, Indonesia with aspirations to inspire communities and individuals alike. The international traveller takes us on a personal journey about her own experiences with investing as she kickstarted her own with a R50 voucher from EasyEquities and never looked back. We talk about how s...
Jun 28, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 16
‘Even if you start small, just start.’ Great tip from Moe-Knows to our community. Most know the Canada-based investment consultant and co-founder of Magic Markets as Moe Knows, but he also goes by Mohammed Nalla. He joined us for this episode to chat about taking a more cautious approach to investing (his personal style), and how his first ever purchase in the markets was a Unit Trust. This episode is all about experimenting and strategising your own investment approach, as well as building rese...
Jun 23, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Millennials and Gen Z’ers are looking to take global warming and socioeconomic challenges head on by making ESG an essential factor in the way businesses, markets, and economies are run. So, what is ESG? These three letters stand for (E)nvironmental, (S)ocial, (G)overnance and they represent the non-financial factors that investors and market watchers consider when evaluating a business’ ethical and social practices. To expand on this framework, and to breakdown why ESG is so important to the ne...
Jun 21, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Something crazy happened in this episode: young people actually dropped some knowledge on us for this Youth Day special on investing. Youngsters are evolving and we love it! We’d like to introduce 19-year-old twins, Connor and Justin Stubbs, who are owning the markets while also educating their peers on investing and finance. The twins highlight how they navigated around the complicated jargon and terminology that is saturated in the finance industry, as well as sharing some of their personal lo...
Jun 16, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Youth Month isn’t a time of the year that is typically associated with gift-giving. But, we’re going to make the case for it being a time to think about one of the best types of presents any parent/guardian can give their child. Investing for your children and setting them up for a shot at financial freedom starts with the simple step of opening an account in their name. Thereafter, everything is in your hands as a guardian. That is why we brought Veronique, aka ‘V’, from the Easy HQ to talk to ...
Jun 14, 2022•16 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Tune into the second part of our conversation with Nilan Morar, VP of Trading at EasyEquities and Easy’s sister company GT247. We pick up the conversation from busting six misconceptions that tend to be pervasive when it comes to trading and investing. We were curious to get the thoughts of a stock market legend on what he thinks about savings and what you need to think about in terms of trading. Get insights on how Nilan gets his own kids to understand the importance of saving and investing, to...
Jun 10, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 11
We love the stock markets, in all its shades and forms. But we want to untangle peoples’ understanding of saving, trading, and investing on the stock markets. This is why we’ve hit up a legend in the trading room floor at Purple Group, Nilan Morar. Nilan is the VP of Trading at EasyEquities, and he joins us in studio to cast his brush over the stock market canvas with all of his experience. We talk through the differences in the time-horizons between these three types of market activities, the p...
Jun 08, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In the second part of our conversation with podcaster and former investment banker still haunting the stock markets, the Finance Ghost, we lift the sheet to get a sneak peek at his own portfolio. While the Ghost is a major petrolhead, we gain insights on how he finds value in the stocks he has invested, and we even get honest feedback on some of his misses when investing. Both beginner and more seasoned investors will appreciate some of the fundamental metrics that the Ghost uses when choosing s...
Jun 06, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Halloween came early as we invited the not-so-spooky Finance Ghost to our studio to chat about one of the scarier facets of life for too many South Africans: investing. The Cape Town-based podcaster and former investment banker gives us a sneak-peek behind his anonymity to share his personal finance story and how he created the notorious Finance Ghost persona whose insights and financially-savvy humour we love reading in his weekly newsletter. Check out this episode to hear about how the Finance...
Jun 03, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 8
The second-half of the head-to-head between the Magic Markets duo heats up as we pit them against each other to choose their favourite U.S-listed stocks. The Finance Ghost and Moe-Knows enchant our host, DJ @ Large, in part two of our insightful chat with the pair as they share their respective approaches to research, as well as how they cut through the noise to find relevant info or content in U.S investments and markets. Even though this episode was recorded on 14 April 2022, which means some ...
Jun 01, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Are you ready to rumble!? In this episode of the Easy Does It podcast we invited the Magic Markets duo to talk about investing in American stocks. It’s normal for INVSTRs to shoot for the stars and stripes, with their investments which is why we tapped up the Finance Ghost and Moe-Knows as they go back and forth to defend their stock selections. As Moe and The Ghost go head-to-head, we first lay out the foundations and general rules that make investing worthwhile. Are you ready for the Magic Mar...
May 30, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
The markets, labour, and entire economies are being re-written right in front of our eyes which is why we invited Graeme Codrington to give us a look into the future and the trends shaping that future. This conversation is part two of our chat with the Futurist, author, and founding director of strategic insights company, Tomorrow Today. Graeme takes stock of the bigger picture by giving us his view on global trends that investors should think about. From digitalisation to traditional investment...
May 19, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
We managed to get Author, Futurist, and founding director of strategic insights company, Tomorrow Today, into the Easy Does It studio to talk about the bigger picture in the markets, and local and global economy at large. Graeme Codrington talks technology, institutional changes, demographics, natural resources and social values as they drive the world’s economies and markets. As we look at the upcoming trends that will shape the globe and local financial markets, Graeme frames this conversation...
May 16, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 4
“Live today but plan for tomorrow,” it's a matter of balancing savings, investments, and having fun. In this quickfire episode with Terrence Tobin we talk aligning your personal finance with the things that make your spirit dance, and the prudent ways you can go about finding that balance. From automated saving for your vacation to highlighting why you shouldn’t break the bank for your dream car, we chat about why it's important to play with and invest with your money as you see fit. Hit the pla...
May 13, 2022•8 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On the next episode of the Easy Does it, Dj @ Large goes down under! With the help of Mark Tobin, a Micro and Nano Cap Equity Analyst and the founder of Coffee Microcaps, we look at some Australian shares that you should be considering for your portfolio. Mark isn’t just some distant observer of the Australian markets, he has lived and breathed the Ozzie landscape. In this episode we highlight why it’s so important to have a global portfolio by putting your eggs in different baskets and access c...
May 09, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Even though we start this conversation about Billions, the tv show, the essence of this episode is all about us Talking Cents. Allow us to introduce one of the most engaging and active members of the online finance community David (Talking Cents). David runs the Talking Cents newsletter and YouTube channel, which is all about financial education and literacy. In this chat we lift the curtain behind David’s growing machine as he started taking money seriously from the age of 14. Talk about starti...
May 08, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 2
It’s all about Global Investing Made Easy. That’s not just the topic for this episode, it’s also the title of award-winning financial planner, podcaster, and author Warren Ingram’s latest book. Among other themes covered, we take a sneak peek into Warren’s own portfolio, which is split between index funds and companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, of which EasyEquities is set to offer soon! A self-admitted bad-stock-picker, Warren advocates for index and Exchange Traded Funds, especially...
Apr 25, 2022•13 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Practical. Simple. Honest. Those are qualities we strive for at Easy HQ when it comes to supporting your investing and personal wealth journey. We reached out to the host of the Honest Money Podcast and award-winning financial planner, Warren Ingram, to give us the rundown on international investing from the South African investor’s perspective. The episode even features SA’s very own noisy tenants in the form of Hadeda birds to kick-off the recording! Whether you’re thinking about taking your p...
Apr 07, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Nothing gets the investment blood pumping like earning dividends from shares! It’s one of the benefits of owning the market and building a well diversified portfolio with strong performing companies. So who doesn’t like earning dividends? Allow us to answer that rhetorical question with the help of an EasyEquities Brand Rockstar, Cay-Low Mbedzi, who breaks down dividends in simple terms you need to know as a new investor. Dividends 101! Cay-Low introduces why and how companies distribute dividen...
Mar 28, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Some people like to discover the world of investing on their own terms, while others prefer to let others do the steering. In this episode, we compare the ideas of DIY (Do It Yourself) investing vs. managed investments. Our featured guest, Siyabulela Nomoyi, has over 12 years’ experience in the investment management field and is a Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Satrix Investments. You do not want to miss out on this guy’s mind-blowing knowledge. So, which type of approach would be best for yo...
Mar 16, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 42
This episode is for the INVSTR nation as EasyEquities’ CEO and founder, Charles Savage, joins us for a conversation to give our community an update on the business. There are so many teasers in this episode about what’s coming up in the Easy ecosystem. We want to highlight them on this description, but rather hit the play button and listen to the conversation for all the tea. Users of the platform can expect FIVE new products and capabilities on EasyEquities, so you do not want to miss what thes...
Mar 16, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 41
While EasyEquities has two products synonymous with each other, ‘Baskets’ and ‘Bundles’, this episode is mostly about the latter! We feature Bongani ‘Bobo’ Nhleko from EasyWealth to simplify the world of Bundles within the Easy universe for us. The Bundle appeals to lazy and curious investors alike! Whether you are not keen to get into the nitty gritty of the stocks markets and manage your portfolio yourself, or you want to fly your investments with an expert co-pilot, the Bundle has massive app...
Mar 14, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 40
F.I.R.E = Financially Independent, Retired Early. That’s a movement many, if not most of us, can get behind and we brought a passionate advocate of this revolution to the studio for a conversation about it. In this episode we look at how folks can achieve F.I.R.E. Join Dj @ Large and Brendan Dale as they unpack the three important elements people need to consider in achieving the F.I.R.E goal, the different types of F.I.R.E, and the type of personality that this kind of achievement is suited tow...
Mar 04, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Let us take you into the world of tax-friendly investments by asking and answering a simple question. To TFSA or to RA? Uhm! We invited the one and only Maya Fisher-French, a titan in the personal finance arena, to compare between the two main tax-efficient investment vehicles in the world of finance. Maya simplifies the Retirement Annuity (RA) and the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), while also highlighting the benefits of either one, the similarities between the two, the rules that govern them...
Mar 01, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Allow us to introduce Uncle G, also known as Gavin Lewin. Uncle G is a business consultant, a Financial Planner, and most importantly, a mentor. Our favourite financial Oompie joins Dj @ Large to discuss Living Annuities and the rules that govern this type of investment. Gavin breaks down the Living Annuity into its simplest form in what is a truly insightful and down-to-earth conversation about investing for your retirement. With the different rules and regulations that surround this investment...
Feb 25, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 37
We bring the facts about tax in this episode featuring Lizelle Steyn! With over 28 years’ experience in the finance industry, Lizelle breaks down tax into easy, digestible chunks for our INVSTRs and Easy Community to bite into. The conversation covers both income and capital gains tax, and the bits in between that make it all feel like a matrix for most of us. From understanding dividend tax and what the IT3b (and IT3c) means, to your marginal tax rate and more, you definitely want to listen to ...
Feb 08, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 36
