Knowledge Centre
Who is Stone Wealth Management?
We are a financial planning practice focused on the high net worth individual who has investable assets of R10 million or more.
What is the biggest destroyer of wealth?
Human emotion is without a doubt the biggest destroyer of wealth.
What should I do in times of market uncertainty?
Remember that human emotion is the biggest destroyer of wealth and in uncertain times, the best thing you can do, is nothing.
What should investors be doing right now during this crisis?
My advice to this group is to do absolutely nothing, simply stay the course.
Should I try and do it alone?
The decision around your retirement assets will be one of the biggest decisions you will ever have to make. So why would you want to do it alone?
Exchange Control and Emigration Matters
The Taxation Laws Amendment Act 2020, and the Tax Administration Laws…
Personalised medicine: The next leap forward for health care?
The impressive speed with which the world has been able to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 and…
Economic and Market Overview: Quarter 4, 2020
The following market review looks at the performance over the past quarter…
COVID-19 vaccine supply | by JP Landman
A proverbial storm has developed around South Africa’s procurement, or the perceived…
Hope is Rising | by Credo Wealth
2020 has been tough. When we think back to the start of the year, who would…
WYSIATI | by JP Landman
Psychologist Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel for economics for…
How do I invest post-COVID?
The year of Covid-19 has been challenging on so many levels, and when it comes…
Medium Term Budget Policy
National Treasury revised its GDP forecast to -7.8% in 2020, recovering to real GDP…
Economic and Market Overview: Quarter 3, 2020
The following market review looks at the performance over the past quarter…
Death of a spouse
The death of a spouse is traumatic enough without having to deal with the aftermath…
Corruption | by JP Landman
There is palpable anger in the land about corruption. The anger is largely…
Lockdown Upgrade
We have taken the time availed to us over the lockdown period to create a…
Economic and Market Overview: Quarter 2, 2020
The following market review looks at the performance over the past quarter…
Cash trending towards trash
During the mid to late 2000’s and then more recently from January 2015 to dat…
The ‘Sandwich’ Generation | 8 Practical tips for coping
If you’re aged 40 to 60, you may be part of what’s known as the ‘Sandwich Generation’…
Economic and Market Overview: Quarter 1, 2020
The following market review looks at the performance over the past quarter…
Coronavirus: Some questionable mathematics?
By the time you read this article, the statistics, numbers and South Africa’s…
Don’t be a victim of cyber-attacks during lockdown
Cyber criminals are not in lockdown! With so many people working from home…
Market crashes happen, but so do recoveries
We’re all being bombarded with reports of the effects of Covid-19, including…
Moody’s downgrade
All three major rating agencies have now downgraded South Africa’s sovereign…
Will COVID-19 Derail my Retirement Plans?
As per Coroconnect from Coronation Asset Management, listed assets around…
Land Expropriation | JP Landman
Changing the Constitution to allow for expropriation without compensation…
Trump’s Trade War | By Professor Barry Eichengreen
The Trade War between the US and China is not ending anytime soon, notwithstanding…
Be Prepared (The Ridge Magazine)
The death of a source is traumatic enough without having to deal with the aftermath…
Expertise, Independence & Trust
It takes a few minutes to convince myself I’m not at a boutique hotel and spa…
Inflation (The Ridge Magazine)
There’s a lot of financial discomfort being felt right now with the rand’s current…
Your RA Deadline
If you are wanting to make use of the tax concessions for this tax year, you will need…
Two Done, One to Go | JP Landman
A year ago, Cyril Ramaphosa was elected President of the ANC by 52% vs 48%…
The Dangers of Financial Pornography
‘Financial pornography’ is a phase used to describe sensationalist media coverage…
The Bigger Picture of Your Financial Affairs
Have you had meeting after meeting where confusion reigns, as you are pulled…
What You Should Know About a Living Will
If the thought of being kept alive artificially worries you, not to mention being…