What Is Investing

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• Introduction to investing
• How investments earn return
• Investment planning using returns
• The risk of losing money
• Investment fluctuation
• Balancing risk and return

The Importance of Time

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• Introduction to time and investing
• How inflation is measured
• Inflation and return
• Tolerating volatility
• Compounding

Unit Trust Basics

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• Introduction to unit trusts
• Key benfits
• The role of investment managers
• Fees and expenses
• Unit trust return
• Investor return
• Unit price
• What determines investment value
• Calculating investment value

What Unit Trusts Invest In

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• Introduction to assets
• What are equities
• More about equities
• What are bonds
• More about bonds
• What are money market investments
• More about money market investments
• Hedged equities
• Property
• Commodities
• Investing offshore
• Investing with rands
• Investing with foreign currency
• Asset allocation unit trusts

Investment Products

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• Introduction to investment products
• What is a unit trust product
• Investing directly into unit trusts
• Introduction to retirement funds
• What are retirement annuities
• Investing in retirement annuities
• What are preservation funds
• Investing in preservation funds
• Asset class limits
• What are living annuities
• Investing in living annuities
• Guaranteed life annuities
• What are endowments
• Investing in endowments

Choosing Your Investment

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• Understanding investment choices
• Next steps