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Life

How to manage your finances like a diet

By Hendrik Brand on Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Like all other engineers, I like data. I don’t like working towards something that has no measurable endpoint. So when I want to shed a few kilograms, I approach it like I would any other problem at work as well. I define the goal and determine how I’m going to get there. My weight loss …

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Investments

Breaking down the JSE all-share index

By Hendrik Brand on Monday, December 2, 2019

What is the JSE? To understand what the JSE all-share index is, we need to start with what the JSE is. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is a company. This company allows companies to list their shares and for investors to buy these shares. So, the JSE and all other stock markets for that matter, …

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Money
Government

Role of the South African Reserve Bank

By Hendrik Brand on Thursday, November 28, 2019

This is the second article in the Government series of articles. The role of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is to “achieve and maintain price stability in the interest of balanced and sustainable economic growth in South Africa”. This is extremely broad, so I will delve into some of the most important things that …

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Life

Embrace Black Friday in South Africa

By Hendrik Brand on Wednesday, November 20, 2019

We have all seen those tweets saying that if something is 30% off, you are not saving 30%, you are spending 70%. It is a valid point and the idea is to get you to think twice about blowing your salary on useless crap a month before the December break. The thing is, I have …

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Government

Government Employee Pension Fund vs an RA

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, November 17, 2019

There is a need to make some local Government resources available. From time to time I will just do a few posts to fulfil this need. These posts will be on top of the usual weekly posts. This post about the Government Employee Pension Fund is the first in this series of about 5 posts …

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FIRE

Financial Independence – October 2019

By Hendrik Brand on Wednesday, November 13, 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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Financial planning

How to save money on monthly expenses

By Hendrik Brand on Friday, November 8, 2019

It is so easy for someone to say that the path to financial freedom requires you to spend as little as possible and then save the rest. Then keep doing this until your investments are 300 times your expenses. You have the best of intentions when you sit down and look at your budget to …

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Financial planning

Worst ways to withdraw retirement savings

By Hendrik Brand on Tuesday, October 29, 2019

When we retire, we rely on multiple streams of income to keep us afloat. The typical retiree will have a combination of Retirement Annuities (RAs), Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) and discretionary savings. All of these will include shares, bonds and cash depending on the accounts you have. Determining how to use these funds in retirement …

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Financial planning

Cost of having a baby

By Hendrik Brand on Wednesday, October 23, 2019

When you ask anyone (and I mean anyone) they will tell you that having kids are expensive. Parent 24 puts the cost of raising a child upwards of R90 000 per year. That doesn’t sound far off. I did an article on the cost of sending your kids to school where we saw that in …

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FIRE

Financial Independence – September 2019

By Hendrik Brand on Friday, October 18, 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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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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