Bulls and bears? Recession? Dollar-cost averaging? Store of value? If you have come across these words/terms before but aren’t sure what they really mean then we’ve got you covered. Our chat with Ludwik van Wyk continues as we talk about a wide range of topics that relate to a recession. We talk about emotions related to buying shares and having discipline through the best and worst times in the markets, to the value in investing in different assets in anticipation of a recession, and what makes...
Mar 28, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 50
In the first part of our conversation with Ludwik van Wyk, we chat to the Managing Director at Telos Wealth Capital. We spoke about his upbringing and what shaped him into the investor he is today, what hedge fund managers do, and the three investment principles he lives by. He also encourages investors (new and seasoned) to understand the businesses and industries they have interest in as a means to starting their investment journeys. And finally, Ludwik delves into what a recession really mean...
Mar 24, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 49
A few moments of truth about investing. If you ever feel like you're alone in making investment mistakes, this episode is definitely for you! We have collected a few voicenotes from the Easy community to share the pain among each other, as this is a safe space after all. Dj @ Large is joined by Cay-low Mbedzi (Junior Brand Manager at EasyEquities) and Jessica Joubert (Head of Social Media at EasyEquities) to serve as the episode's agony uncle and aunt, respectively. Rewind and hit play to hear t...
Mar 13, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Are emotions a bad thing when it comes to money? This question sets us up for this episode, featuring independent Financial Planner, Obakeng Maoka. Obakeng weighs up IQ versus EQ to unpack which is more important in managing money, as well as touching on the influences of our upbringings on our financial personalities. The financial planner also shares the four most prominent emotions that researchers found have an influence on our financial decisions. Listen to this episode to check whether you...
Jan 31, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 47
We chat to a pro (a legit professional) in finance, Obakeng Maoka, who is an independent financial planner to break down the difference between financial advice and financial education, and why the distinction is important. The conversation unpacks why South Africans desperately need more financial education and higher literacy in this regard. Obakeng also tells us who is allowed to give financial advice and how to verify their credentials, the role influencers play in this space, and what finan...
Jan 26, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Anna Machaka, the author of Little Money Egghead, which is a children’s book about money, joins us to talk about empowering children with financial literacy. We take a tour through Anna’s own journey with money as a young child, which we believe many South Africans would be able to relate to, and see how she came about to author her book after becaming a parent. Even though Anna’s book is written for children aged 3 - 12 years old, Anna shows us just how the lessons go beyond the kids, and exten...
Jan 23, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 45
2022 was a massive year for the Easy Does it podcast. We stripped away all the jargon and complication associated with investing, whilst encouraging ordinary South Africans to own the market. Press play as Dj @ Large rewinds back to some key guests and moments from 2022. From hosting CEO’S, investment professionals, entrepreneurs to finlit influencers. Thank you for supporting the podcast and helping us reach more than 200 000 downloads across more than 150 countries! Share the love with us on s...
Dec 31, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 44
There's no doubt that 2022 was an interesting year for investors. A year filled with uncertainty and opportunity. From Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to global monetary tightening, raising interest rates to never-ending power cuts. So as we come to the end of the year, take a second to reflect on your investment portfolio and overall relationship with your money. Were you able to own the market? Did you panic and sell or did you buy the dip? Were you able to stay committed to your budget? What fi...
Dec 30, 2022•3 min•Season 3Ep. 43
People say that laughter is the best medicine, but does this count when it comes to finding the cure for money problems? We find out with DJ Khathu, the South African Hip Hop DJ, radio and music producer, and comedian, who offers up a humorous perspective of our relationships with money. With his well-known laugh that he even earns an income from, Khathu gives us a peek behind his curtain as a performer and entertainer juggling money and fame. A quote from this conversation that we believe every...
Dec 26, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Whether it’s December, Easter or Eid, the festive season is financially testing for South Africans. But, since we’re all in this together, we hit up a pro (a legit professional) in finance, Obakeng Maoka. A wealth champion! Obakeng is an independent financial planner that we invited to help through this and future festive seasons and out finances. We chat about the practical financial products and tools that money-savvy people harness to get through the festive periods. We also talk to Obakeng a...
Dec 16, 2022•12 min•Season 3Ep. 41
The second episode of our 3-part special with Satrix’s Kingsley Williams, Chief Investment Officer, we talk about Index Tracking and what this really means. We know that a good investor makes sure to diversify, but the sophisticated investor can do this through funds like Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Our whole vibe is that we like to simplify things that are mystified, and one of the more intimidating concepts in the world of investing are ETFs and Index-Tracking. Press play to listen to the fu...
Dec 13, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 39
The third and final episode in our 3-part special with Satrix’s Kingsley Williams, Chief Investment Officer, is all about Thematic Investing. If you’re new to investing, then you’ll have to trust us when we say that Thematic Investing is one of the rare yet sexy investment philosophies out there, and we break it all down in this conversation. By now you might be well-aware of what Megatrends are, but how can investors invest in a way that they can benefit from them? Kingsley and the Satrix team ...
Dec 09, 2022•12 min•Season 3Ep. 40
The first episode in a 3-part series with Satrix’s Kingsley Williams, Chief Investment Officer, we look at the megatrends that investors should keep sight of heading in 2023 and beyond. This episode is based on Kingsley’s presentation at the 2022 LeaderEx, which you can check out here. What are megatrends? Simply put, these are the major patterns and trends on a global scale. Kingsley and Dj @ Large look at and break down five megatrends that long-term investors need to beware of as well as thei...
Dec 09, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Simply put, a lot of us just want to know how to put together an investment strategy. This sounds more hectic than it actually is, because it really is all about you and doesn’t require advanced maths. To help us understand how to do this, we reached out to Higgo van Biljon, the founder and CEO of FinMeUp: a finance-education app that connects you to finance professionals and puts a range of insights in the palm of your hands. Using Warren Buffett as well as his own personal experience as a guid...
Nov 21, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Will you, or won’t you? Well, you should definitely have a will, and we chatted to someone with the aim of getting you to take your estate planning seriously. While at the Money Summit for 2022 we interviewed Samke Mhlongo, radio personality and founder of TNC (The Next Chapter) Wealth Partners, to chat to us about the importance of having a will. Our chat covered why people tend to avoid this important process (guys, we even went into superstitions South Africans have around this type of thing!...
Oct 31, 2022•8 min•Season 3Ep. 36
We went to the Money Summit to catch some insights from a range of people attending the annual LeaderEx event hosted at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. This episode is part 2 of our coverage at the summit, and we were even more blown away by the people who are as passionate about financial education as we are! We chatted to TV hosts and lawyers hailing from Klerksdorp to corporate executives, as well as summit visitors and more. Same as in part 1, we continued asking personal question...
Oct 21, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 35
We went to the Money Summit to catch some insights from a range of people attending the annual LeaderEx event hosted at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. From exhibitors and businesspeople to investors and students, we hit up folks randomly walking by the Youth Money Circle stand to just give us their thoughts about finance and investing. In this episode, which is part 1 in our coverage of the summit, we fished for peoples’ knowledge about property, parenting and finance, Cryptocurrenci...
Oct 21, 2022•14 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Higgo van Biljon, the founder and CEO of financial education app, FinMeUp, joins us for a session to give us a peek inside his personal investment pot. We turn the stove all the way up as Higgo gives us the secret ingredients that make his portfolio magic. We go from Tesla to Purple Group, to some crypto as well as ETF s and the value of these types of instruments. Higgo also gives us a different type of peek by showing us what he and the guys behind the FinMeUp app have up their sleeves for the...
Oct 06, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 33
At the latest LeaderEx Money Summit we managed to grab Bonang Mohale to offer up his insights into leadership and wealth creation. Who is Bonang Mohale? He is a famed businessman, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, Chancellor of University of Free State, best-selling author, and non-executive director of Purple Group (among a host of other companies). That’s a lot of cred right? We’ve only scratched the surface! Mr Mohale talks wealth, his personal journey, and the motivation he has used t...
Oct 03, 2022•7 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are an investment vehicle that many pros in the industry love because they contain many shares in on product. To chat about some of the hottest ETFs, we invited Satrix’s Quantitative Portfolio Analyst, Siyabulela Nomoyi. We talk about the best performing ETFs for the month of August, the value of investing in offshore (international) ETFs, as well as Satrix’s own moves in the space over the last year. In particular for Heritage month, we spotlight the Satrix Capped A...
Sep 28, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 31
JD Breytenbach, Senior Trader at EasyEquities ’ parent company Purple Group, gives us a wrap up on events in the markets for the month of August. He also highlights events he expects to be the market-driving factors in September. Global central banks’ dance with inflation dominated news, while on the crypto side of things we get caught up on the latest events and even the overlap it shares with September’s Africa ComiCon event. We also spoke about the financial results released by local companie...
Sep 21, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 30
We love it when a young INVSTR encourages people to save and invest. And our guest, Sven Meyer, is all about that at only 19 years of age at the time of recording. In the spirit of keeping things young and fresh, Sven and our host play a game of ‘Never Have I Ever’ to kick-off the chat, highlighting a few of the early lessons our guest has learned in his own investment journey. From goal-based investing to giving insight into how he learned to navigate finance jargon, as well as the 4% Rule he l...
Sep 06, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 29
We want to show some love to our Namibian listeners and INVSTRs. Flying the Namibian flag high in this episode is Jacobine ‘Ms EasyVestor’ Amutenya. From our studio in Jozi to Jacobine’s home in Windhoek, we went across the border to bridge the gap between our INVSTRs’ experiences via this episode with the social media maverick. We get to know how she began her own journey toward financial freedom, from the initial investing mistakes she made, to understanding what motivated her to even start in...
Aug 26, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Ever seen other people win competitions and then you wonder how they’re going to spend their winnings? Well, this time the answer is simple: invest! But this time around we want to hear it straight from the winner of the EasyEquities and Capitec competition that aired on YFM for July Savings Month. Lesedi Motlaung was one of four users to win R10k to invest as he sees fit on EasyEquities. We chatted about diversification and the importance of investing in familiar businesses, even investing in b...
Aug 23, 2022•11 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Are South Africans ready for tech-focused banking? Join us on the road to discovery with Discovery Bank CEO, Hylton Kallner. We pooled some questions from members in the Easy community and Discovery investors to get some insights from the head of the digital bank. Hylton gives us the lowdown on what makes Discovery competitive and efficient for clients, how the bank aligns with the rest of the Discovery business’ values and rewards, as well as the way the business is lead by innovation. We also ...
Aug 16, 2022•16 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Our first ever market wrap-up segment features JD Breytenbach as he highlights the main talking points on the JSE as well as in international markets for July 2022. We invited the Senior Trader from Purple Group to share the hottest market news that kept the markets abuzz. This conversation touches on different topics such as Crypto, commodities, the different stocks and how they performed on the JSE and NYSE, and more! We also look at bigger picture events and factors to consider like the econo...
Aug 15, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 25
We always talk about investment vehicles, but we want to change gears a bit and talk about another type of vehicle, which happens to be an expense many people struggle with. Cars! This is why we invited Reba S, a motor enthusiast and content creator who gives us the nitty gritty under the financial hood when it comes to vehicles and financing these machines. Reba gives us some unexpected advice and her unpopular opinions on buying and maintaining your car, as well as breaking down some of the po...
Aug 12, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Not all parents can bank on making the next Elon Musk, but an independent child is a great place to start as a guardian. That is why we invited a supermom to give us tips around investing for your kids and raising them to be financially savvy. Vicky ‘Mommy Money’ Angelopoulos, is a passionate investor and a mother to daughters among many other things. We invited Vicky to the podcast to get to understand her history and why she is intentional about her role as a financial guide for her kids and o...
Aug 08, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 23
We chat to Thembi Kandanga, a Namibian personal finance enthusiast and financial planner, about cooking up a well-diversified portfolio with your investments. Thembi highlights the importance and benefits of adding variety in your investments. From limiting risks, to keeping your capital intact, and the rule of thumb to follow when it comes to diversifying your investments. Thembi also provides a few tips around how to actually go about building a diverse set of investments in your stock portfol...
Jul 15, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 22
In part 2 of our chat with Radio 702 and Cape Talk radio host, award-winning finance journalist and author, Bruce Whitfield, we cover a broad range of topics to keep you enthralled. From insights about the state of South Africa, politics, to the exclusive world of investing before the EasyEquities revolution. Bruce weaves together a tight narrative ranging from personal gems about life, success, and love; to giving us insights on successful South African businessmen and the decisions many of the...
Jul 13, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 21
