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Hendrik Brand

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Financial planning

Finance tips

By Hendrik Brand on Thursday, June 4, 2020

I contributed to a piece about finance tips posted in the Beeld this week. Since the original article was posted in Afrikaans, I decided to translate it and add it to my blog as well. Enjoy (as much as one can enjoy reading about finances)! Avoid short-term debt Getting into debt is the easiest thing …

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Government retail bonds
Government

Investing in government retail bonds

By Hendrik Brand on Monday, April 20, 2020

The first step in your financial journey is always to pay off short term debt and then to save an emergency fund. Only then can you start investing. Usually, my advice here would be to stick to well-diversified local and international Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Recently, however, the government retail bonds have started looking extremely …

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Financial planning

Improve your finances during the lockdown

By Hendrik Brand on Monday, April 6, 2020

During the lockdown, most of us have a bit of extra time on our hands. Even if all time you save is the time you would have spent on the road. You can either spend it getting rid of that wine collection you have built up over the last few years, improving your Counter Strike …

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Financial planning

Cheapest high equity RA in South Africa

By Hendrik Brand on Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Let’s be honest, if I did not make this look like a post about the lockdown no-one would read it. With COVID-19 spreading, we are all losing money somehow. So I decided to focus on the costs that we can control: fees in our Retirement Annuity (RA). So, today I want to help you pick …

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Financial planning

7 Steps to financial freedom

By Hendrik Brand on Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Achieving financial freedom is not about retiring, it is about sleeping well at night, knowing you can do anything your heart desires. If you want to take off a month and travel the world, you can. If you like the job you are doing, then you are not under pressure to change jobs to earn …

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Investments

Making an investment mistake

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, February 9, 2020

I recently made an investment mistake that made me feel like a complete idiot. Instead of keeping up appearances, I decided to share my experience in case you ever thought of doing something similar or can learn from it. I did my homework and thought that the probability of making some extra money was worth …

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FIRE

Financial independence – 2019 review

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, January 26, 2020

I am sharing my road to Financial Independence (FI) to help me get my shit together, or at least get you to think about where you are. The reality is that we all want to be financially independent. FI does not imply quitting your job and is not a synonym for retirement. It is the …

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Investments

Guide to index Exchange-Traded Funds

By Hendrik Brand on Saturday, January 18, 2020

Let me be your guide to the wonderful world of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). I have a massive backlog of mails since I took a break over the December holidays. While I was answering the mails, I noticed that my answer to 80% of the questions is simply Exchange-Traded Funds. Since there are a shit ton …

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FIRE

Financial independence – November 2019

By Hendrik Brand on Tuesday, December 31, 2019

I am sharing my road to Financial Independence (FI) to help me get my shit together, or at least get you to think about where you are. The reality is that we all want to be financially independent. FI does not imply quitting your job and is not a synonym for retirement. It is the …

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Government

South African minimum wage; good or bad?

By Hendrik Brand on Friday, December 13, 2019

South Africa is one of the countries that implemented a national minimum wage. Globally, the majority of countries have some sort of minimum on the amount you can pay someone for work. Minimum wage can be implemented on a national, state or sector level. Although a minimum wage is widely adopted around the world, there …

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Hendrik Brand
Hendrik Brand

We see people every day doing stupid shit with their money. We do stupid shit with our money. Be it in ignorance or habit. I want to become stupid rich. I want to be free from it all and I want to do something worthwhile. This blog is about achieving my financial goals, sharing what I have learned and being content with where I am in life. I’m doing the research anyway, so I might as well post it on a blog for you to benefit.

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