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Comparing Business-related vs. Personal Financial Services

Business-related vs. Personal Financial Services For your business, Efficient Wealth’s business-related financial services involve managing your income revenue streams, cash management accounts for debts, assets and liabilities. Business  assurance and fiduciary services also ensure that your business can continue even if you are not there anymore. Personal financial services on the other hand involve your […]

What to expect from petrol prices in 2021

As a South African, you probably cringed during the first week of February when you heard that petrol prices would increase by 81 cents and diesel prices by 58 cents. Unleaded 95 now costs R14.97 at the coast and R15.67 inland

Stiff-necked Americans and modern inflation

Trump is out, Biden is in. Based on the severe and frequent attacks on Trump as Biden’s inauguration approached, many were glad to see the former president go. As an objective observer, I am in two minds about it.

Welcome to 2021

British and European policymakers finally reached a deal, avoiding the bad-for-all case of
a hard Brexit. All that is left to do now is iron out some of the wrinkles in the deal.

Two reign supreme while many fail to follow

Both the British-based Oxford-AstraZeneca and American-based Pfizer are in the running to have Phase 3 human trials of their COVID-19 vaccine ready by the end of 2020.

September the turn and toil of biases

In a world riddled with noise and confusion, one can easily get lost. We reckon at this stage that you have heard more than a few stories about how poorly South Africa’s economy is doing and how we will never return to our former rainbow-nation glory.

August economics

Usually, those familiar with equity markets cringe their teeth when August comes along.

Markets, trade and tantrums

At the start of last week, European markets were down more than 1% as investors were fretting the re-emergence of the coronavirus in Europe.