BANK WINDHOEK IS PSG’S BANKING REVIEW BEST BANK FOR 2020
Proudly Namibian: Bank Windhoek’s Managing Director, Baronice Hans MEDIA RELEASE Bank Windhoek is PSG’s Banking Review Best Bank for 2020: PSG Namibia’s 2020 Banking Review has again ranked Bank [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 10: WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT – OR NOT…
It is probably quite normal to first move into a state of panic when threatening things catch you by surprise. A potential next step, when the dust has settled and we can think more [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 10: NAVIGATING THESE TRYING TIMES
The world has seen many crises before. While each crisis is different, Ray Dalio (founder of Bridgewater Associates) reminds us that history has a tendency to teach us patterns that we can use as [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 9: EMOTIONAL MARKETS
On 28 May 1962 the Dow Jones average of thirty leading industrial stocks dropped by 34.95 points. At the time this was a drop bigger than on any other day in history, with the [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 7: DO I BUY OR DO I RENT?
So, you don’t want to pay off someone else’s bond, right? Intuitively this thinking makes sense and it has been the reason for many people wanting to own a property. However, rental expense never [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 5: RUGBY RULES FOR PROTECTING YOUR CAPITAL
Sometimes it helps to start by focusing on what something is not. Leaving your cash under the mattress is one of the surest ways to cause a permanent loss of capital. No, not necessarily [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 6: MOVING ON SWIFTLY
Photo Credit: Susan Nel Photography As February breaks and salaried employees give a collective sigh of relief after a long-awaited January payday, it is worth taking a moment to do [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 4: LAYERS OF INVESTING – Where to begin
The range of options available to investors can often be overwhelming. Where do you even begin? To answer this question it can be useful to break your investment decisions into three simplified layers: 1. [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 3: INVESTING AGAINST EMOTION
Reason is probably one of the biggest distinctions between humans and animals. It has given us the ability to learn from different circumstances and to adapt over time. These lessons sit deep in our [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 1: NAMIBIA IN RECESSION – HOW WE ENDED HERE
Until now it had never been difficult to answer this question because the words ‘’forward’’, ‘’onward’’ or ‘’upward’’ were mostly used to describe Namibia’s economic growth and outlook. Until now, the measures of progress [...]
ECONOMIC PULSE 2: CHANGE ON THE HORISON?
In last month’s issue we unpacked the origins of the current economic crisis gripping Namibia. We recounted the combination of external factors and domestic policy errors that contributed to the economy overheating, which has [...]