How bias can sink your investment success

Everybody has biases. We make judgements about people, places, and of course, the markets. It is almost impossible not to allow the filters which are created through our emotions and our experiences to impact our investment decision making. The trick is to understand...

Fear

Markets sell off caused by fear, brought on by highest ever levels of political uncertainty, trade and tariff war worries, combined with onslaught of fake news and over hysterical...

Finding opportunity in the volatility

The first quarter proved to be a difficult one with the Allan Gray Equity, Balanced and Stable Funds all delivering negative returns. The most significant detractors were the international investments (via the Orbis funds) and local equities. World markets fell 1% in...