Recent content by DougL

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    South African wines - price vs rating

    I don't buy wine very often and I don't have a great knowledge of SA (or any other) wines, so I find it difficult to figure out what represents a good value bottle of wine. Wandering around the wine store with my phone checking the rating of every bottle also seems inefficient, so I automated a...
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    Own Company (Personal Use)

    Not sure if anyone has mentioned this. Dividends are paid from post-tax profits. If company A earns R100, it can pay R27 tax and pay R73 as a dividend to shareholder B; or, it can pay B R100 for services rendered by B. B will then need to pay income tax. If all employees have to receive their...
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    Buying overseas unit trusts/etf's, (timing the markets).

    If you're afraid that the markets will drop, consider market neutral funds, or defensive ETFs like anything tracking MSCI's consumer staples index. Also, when you figure out how to time the market other than by blind luck, please let the rest of us know.
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    Can a South African private company purchase offshore non-direct equity?

    For context: South African individuals have a SARB allowance of R1m discretionary + R10m which they may request, which they may then use to purchase, for example, shares in Apple. South African companies may make foreign direct investments up to R5 billion into offshore companies, provided they...
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