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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.

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Presenting a very solid approach many young people would be wise to follow

2024/02/24

Investing is ‘not a piece of paper or a light on a screen. You're actually a business owner’: Grant Nader – Benguela Global.

Nolan Wapenaar: Navigating markets, lessons learned, and the pursuit of winners

2024/02/10

While the Sunday Times share pages fascinated him at around age 10, today, it is analysis and research that get him out of bed in the mornings.

A different kind of ‘angel’ investor

2024/02/05

‘I've stuck with my principle in my stockbroking accounts or investment accounts that whatever is generated in there stays in there’: Craig Pheiffer, chief investment strategist at Sasfin Wealth.

Half a varsity scholarship paid for his initial investment education

2024/01/27

Play to your strengths, figure out the aspects that you are better at, and try to use those to a greater degree than the things that you're weak at – Keith McLachlan of Integral Asset Management.

From ETF investor to Satrix CEO

2023/12/09

It's been 23 years since the first index fund was launched, and Fikile Mbhokota says she's always held the view that it's better to hold a basket of shares instead of just one.

Learning from bygone investment luminaries creates a solid foundation

2023/12/01

Get rid of debt and, after your bond is paid, invest and save that amount: Abdul Davids – Camissa Asset Management.

'Start investing early, don't be scared to do the hard work'

2023/11/25

Charl de Villiers from Ashburton Investments talks about his 'roundabout journey' from initially studying engineering to becoming an investment professional.

‘Huge gap’ for retail investors to get on JSE – Makwe Masilela

2023/11/18

The founder and CIO of Makwe Fund Managers shares his insights into investing and lessons gleaned over the years, remarking that ‘you don’t need to be an investment professional to invest’.

'Steinhoff really shook me'

2023/11/11

Nkareng Siwale, MD and founder of RainDance Asset Management, on her journey to becoming an investment professional, and the lessons learned along the way.

Jacques Conradie explores the power of emotions in investment choices

2023/11/04

‘One simple rule of thumb is to always consider whether you should be doing the exact opposite of what you feel like doing.’

Asief Mohamed's investment journey: The good, the bad, and the best

2023/10/28

Two initial personal heavy investment losses failed to deter Aeon founder and CIO from a career in managing other people's money.

'You don't have to go big when you start investing'

2023/10/21

Begin by dipping your toes in the market and don't follow the hype or what's trending on social media – Isabella Mnisi, sector head of asset management and funds at Rand Merchant Bank.