Category Archives: Create Wealth

Creating Wealth is About Saving and Investing – Money Working For You

Lockdown Economy – Is Forex Trading The Answer?

Posted on February 16, 2021 by PietMar

Lockdown has a terrible effect on the economy – worldwide. We are paying a huge price for the stupid notion that some jobs and businesses are “essential and others not.” The economy simply does not work like that. The economy … Continue reading →

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I Just Have to Share This!

Posted on August 18, 2020 by PietMar

It is the journey that counts. It is the long term profits that count. It is the consistency that counts. Nothing else matters! Whether it is a relationship, a unit trust, a company or a Forex trade, it is the … Continue reading →

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So, You Want To Start Your Own Business?

Posted on August 3, 2020 by PietMar

Starting a business and being the boss is a fairly common dream. It is not so easy to be the boss, though. There is a vast difference between earning a salary and paying a salary. In that difference lies a … Continue reading →

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Financial Planning Step 2 – Then

Posted on July 20, 2020 by PietMar

The first step in financial planning is a bit morbid, focusing on the bad stuff that happens. Unfortunately we have to prepare for the bad stuff, since we have no control over it. RETIREMENT = FINANCIAL FREEDOM? We also need … Continue reading →

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Six Things to Do To Become Wealthy & One Not To Do

Posted on June 26, 2020 by PietMar

Building Wealth is not unlike becoming successful in your profession. It is learning, skill, discipline, application, dedication – doing the right things over and over. If you earn an income from working, it implies you have acquired knowledge and skills … Continue reading →

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Four Asset Classes

Posted on June 24, 2020 by PietMar

Building wealth, is building assets. I have already said that it does not matter how you make your money, it is what you do with your money that will make you wealthy. If you want to become wealthy, you have … Continue reading →

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What is Financial Planning

Posted on June 18, 2020 by PietMar

DISCLAIMER! If you have been following my posts (and read the Disclaimers) you would realise that all my disclaimers tell you I am not giving advice. I am sharing from my experience, from my knowledge, from my insights. What I … Continue reading →

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Language of Money: Interest Makes the World Go Round

Posted on June 17, 2020 by PietMar

Are you Interested in Interest? Every single word that I showed you yesterday when we spoke about the vocabulary of wealth, relates to INTEREST! For now, we are not concerned with calculating interest. It is enough to understand what interest … Continue reading →

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The Language of Money

Posted on June 16, 2020 by PietMar

LANGUAGE OF EVERYTHING Why do we go to school? Is it a way to keep us out of home to give our parents a break? I don not think so! We go to school to teach us the things we … Continue reading →

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Drought and Savings

Posted on June 11, 2020 by PietMar

CRISIS Yesterday I told you how the rain in Cape Time reminded me of the 2017/18 drought. When the drought hit Cape Town and water restrictions and tariff increase are implemented, people started buying tanks. People were serious about “harvesting … Continue reading →

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