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Financial planning

How would I spend the lotto?

By Hendrik Brand on Wednesday, April 17, 2019

I listened to a podcast which stated that 55% of lotto winners are worse off than they started, within 3 years of winning the lotto. This got me thinking about how I would blow spend the lotto money. Let’s ignore the fact that I have never played the lotto and assume that I found the …

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Investments

Capital gains tax harvesting

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, April 14, 2019

There has been a lot of talk about how lenient capital gains tax in South Africa is. Stealthy Wealth wrote a good article about this, called I love capital gains tax. If you must pay tax, pay capital gains tax. There exists an option to reduce the tax payable on your equity investments even further …

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FIRE

Financial independence – March 2019

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, April 7, 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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Life

To solar power or not to?

By Hendrik Brand on Monday, April 1, 2019

The power is off for the second time today, dogs are barking, kids are screaming and the alarm is beeping non-stop. Depending on who you ask it will end next month or next year. There are a few alternatives to Eskom power and today I’ll be looking at these alternatives with an emphasis on solar …

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Life Most Popular

Is Discovery Drive worth it?

By Hendrik Brand on Monday, March 25, 2019

I recently switched our car and household content insurance to Discovery Insure with the included Discovery Drive. I was sceptic since I don’t like the idea of having to do things in return for discounts. I’m lazy like that. The thing with incentive schemes is to make sure that you will earn points without having …

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Habits to be made
Financial planning

10 financial habits of the FI RE community

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, March 17, 2019

The key to Financial Independence Retire Early (FI RE) is adopting good habits and applying them consistently. I don’t want to sound like a Prudential advertisement, so bear with me. The problem is we don’t always know which habits we should keep and which to kick to the curb. Here are some of the financial …

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Life

The best money I ever spent

By Hendrik Brand on Sunday, March 10, 2019

When you Google recipes for hummus, the first two results go something like this: You read through a 10-page monologue about what the author’s husband thinks about hummus and where they had it for the first time. Then after you’ve skipped over that, you finally get the recipe at the end. This story is going …

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FIRE

Financial independence – February 2019

By Hendrik Brand on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

I am enjoying writing this blog and hope to create a community of like-minded people. I am sharing my road to financial independence 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. Financial independence does …

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Investments Most Popular

Unbiased Easy Equities review

By Hendrik Brand on Saturday, March 2, 2019

I’ve wanted to do an Easy Equities review for a while now since they won the Intellidex Top Stockbroker award. When I started investing, I knew about Easy Equities and their affordable offering, but I still chose to go with a trading platform offered by a bank. It is strange how the mind works sometimes. …

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Investments Most Popular

South Africa’s best savings interest rates

By Hendrik Brand on Friday, February 22, 2019

This week I had a look at the best savings interest rates to ensure that you have all the information when you decide on a savings vehicle. When we invest money in cash products at a bank, the bank loans 8 to 13 times that amount to other people. This is either as home loans, …

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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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