Be a Better Investor

Moneyweb editor Ryk van Niekerk hosts the weekly 'Be a Better Investor' podcast to give both amateur and established retail investors a peek at how professional investors invest. He chats to professional investors about their experiences in selecting potential investments, as well as how successful these processes have been. They discuss their biggest hits and misses and other topics, which may offer a few golden nuggets for listeners ... to become better investors.

Episodes

From getting a foot in the door to investing in global giants

December 4, 2024 • 24 mins

This idea of 'earning a dividend cheque while you slept' and having something to replace your income became quite appealing to me and a pretty big part of my investment strategy’ – Craig Antonie, chief investment officer of AnBro Capital Investments.

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‘Don’t let something like Steinhoff derail you’ – Ashburton CIO

November 27, 2024 • 22 mins

My philosophy is to invest when markets are dislocated, because companies might face challenges but whole industries won’t disappear forever: Patrice Rassou of Ashburton Investments.

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Keep it simple, sleep well at night, get (very) good returns

October 23, 2024 • 18 mins

Investment strategies that led to a 1 600% return on Nvidia for Ziyaad Sarang of Revego Fund Managers and Investec.

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Does ‘bunking school and jumping off cliffs’ foretell future investing?

October 9, 2024 • 18 mins

Erik Nel of Terebinth Capital shows how you can reach your destiny through avid reading and working towards it.

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Could standup comedy lead to investment insights?

October 2, 2024 • 20 mins

Varshan Maharaj from Allan Gray has a lot of intellectual curiosity, sees participating in markets as a ‘contest of ideas’, believes in the basket approach to thematic investing, and tells us which ‘theme basket’ his proudest investment sits in.

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‘Hedge funds can be a risk-reducer or diversifier, or a return-enhancer’

September 11, 2024 • 13 mins

‘And alternative investments provide access to risk-and-return sources you wouldn't ordinarily get through traditional portfolios’ – Equilibrium CIO Kamini Naidoo.

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'Don't invest in an investment you don't understand or can't value'

September 4, 2024 • 22 mins

Company valuations drew her from the outset, so after a great deal of study, Derinia Mathura found herself a young professional managing the Melville Douglas Global Equity Fund.

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When your first investment experience is with unit trusts at age seven …

August 28, 2024 • 23 mins

You might become a portfolio manager at Sanlam Private Wealth – after trying your hand as a casino dealer, English teacher, lecturer and film producer. Thato Mashigo tells us his story.

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Lebo Thubisi started by selling paraffin from a customised bakkie

August 7, 2024 • 23 mins

In investments you learn that you need to make logical decisions and stay away from the emotive things, says the deputy chief investment officer for alternative investments at Alexforbes Investments.

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You can't be too distant from an investment you make'

July 31, 2024 • 16 mins

'Accumulating those small margins is how you become successful and build up a good track record and good return for yourself': Richo Venter, Inn8 Invest’s head of portfolio management.

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To start investing, perhaps just go the fund route

July 24, 2024 • 15 mins

Malawi-born Kondi Nkosi progressed from doing ‘business studies’ at school in then Bophuthatswana to being Country Head at Schroders SA today.

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For young investors penny stocks may be the way to go

July 17, 2024 • 22 mins

If my first ‘went to four cents, I sold it. When it came back to two cents, I bought it again.’ That' s how then teenager and now CIO at Sasfin Asset Managers, Arno Lawrenz, started.

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The markets don't repeat, but they rhyme

July 10, 2024 • 22 mins

‘Don’t just read about investments, read more history; and watch cash flow – if you have growth and you've got that cash flow, when any exogenous event hits the company and it's down 30, 40, 50%, you can buy more’: Sumesh Chetty, portfolio manager at Ninety One.

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40 years in the investment industry hasn’t wearied Wayne McCurrie

June 19, 2024 • 21 mins

It’s 'utter nonsense’ that you as the retail investor mustn't even try your hand at it. It’s not rocket science. But it does offer only one ‘free lunch’.

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A Dale College graduate who never ‘invested’ in rugby

May 29, 2024 • 22 mins

Saneliswile Tofile’s career progressed from investing with friends to becoming deputy CIO and a portfolio manager at All Weather Capital.

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Very few young kids grow up with their own investment portfolio

May 22, 2024 • 19 mins

‘I think in particular when you're looking at young people, they've got to have a good, long time horizon,
and over time will get the returns that they are expecting’ – Kenny Rabson, Discovery Invest CEO.

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Unveiling investment wisdom

April 20, 2024 • 20 mins

Insights from Daniel dos Passos, indexation expert at FirstRand.

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A different approach to investing

April 6, 2024 • 27 mins

‘Ultimately, if you don't have a good grasp or understanding of the risk, you're setting yourself up for failure.’

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Invested from age 10, saving his holiday-job earnings

March 23, 2024 • 14 mins

'Being part of farm life, you plant, you wait for the season, and then when the produce comes you get your returns': Fannuel Tigere – Balondolozi Investment Services.

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Don’t start off by going long and short

March 16, 2024 • 24 mins

Try to focus your investing on things that you understand and give yourself a time horizon, advises - Asanda Notshe from Mazi Asset management.

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Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}‘Don’t let something like Steinhoff derail you’ – Ashburton CIO

Keep it simple, sleep well at night, get (very) good returns

Does ‘bunking school and jumping off cliffs’ foretell future investing?

Could standup comedy lead to investment insights?

‘Hedge funds can be a risk-reducer or diversifier, or a return-enhancer’

'Don't invest in an investment you don't understand or can't value'

When your first investment experience is with unit trusts at age seven …

Lebo Thubisi started by selling paraffin from a customised bakkie

You can't be too distant from an investment you make'

To start investing, perhaps just go the fund route

For young investors penny stocks may be the way to go

The markets don't repeat, but they rhyme

40 years in the investment industry hasn’t wearied Wayne McCurrie

A Dale College graduate who never ‘invested’ in rugby

Very few young kids grow up with their own investment portfolio

Unveiling investment wisdom

A different approach to investing

Invested from age 10, saving his holiday-job earnings

Don’t start off by going long and short

Popular Podcasts

From getting a foot in the door to investing in global giants

‘Don’t let something like Steinhoff derail you’ – Ashburton CIO