Recent content by Strontium

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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    Yeah, I also found that strange, but I guess it does make sense, it probably originated from the TFSA account, and they standardized it. I am curious, what happens if you "withdraw" more to another EE account than what you deposited into EE for that month. Do they then charge the thrive fee?
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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    It is listed in the monthly statement. It takes almost a month for a statement to appear. I really wish they would email the monthly statements. They are super useful for getting information about your accounts, like total amount of dividends and interest received per month, there is also a...
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    EVs in South Africa "dirtier" than petrol and diesel counterparts, according to critics

    Lol, who pays for these articles. Because it is always one-sided arguments. EVs are significantly heavier, so they produce significantly more tire pollution. Nano rubber particles going into the air. They also cause more wear and tear on roads, needing more frequent tar replacement. But I...
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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    That "up to" has always been there. It depends on the stock liquidity and trading volumes. A stock with very few buyers/sellers will have a smaller up to amount, whereas a big blue chip stock with have massive up to amounts. But I guess they should allow you to place any amount and be fine with...
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    FNB #INT pymt fee 2%

    Bank Zero doesn't charge these fees, I have moved all my ZAR international payments from FNB to Bank Zero. You can open a business bank account there for free, although you need a personal account with them first. Another alternative is for some of these accounts you can buy a gift code locally...
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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    I agree with the rest. They have completely broken the flow of buying/selling stocks. Previously you could easily navigate back to the account after buying/selling, but now it takes you to a broken abyss page, where you then need to click back to the portfolio and then back to the account again...
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    Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at French airport

    Lol, everyone going off a tangent, but not knowing what else happened. There was a major hack of a certain country in the middle east, the hack's content was distributed via Telegram. Authorities contacted Telegram to remove/censor the hack's content, Telegram refused. Shortly after Pavel was...
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    South Africa's most affordable EV and petrol cars share very similar performance figures — despite difference in price

    At least the s-presso won't spontaneously combust, the few airbags will deploy and the specs aren't Chinese. Many videos of Chinese EVs not deploying their airbags. Spontaneously combusting even when parked. And good luck surviving an electrical fire. There's a reason why EV graveyards in China...
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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    But they are not the same. On Investec Clarity you buy CFDs, whereas on EE you buy shares.
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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    Ok yay, the thrive page updated, so it is showing I'm on thrive level 6, 60% discount for December. (deposit and maxed out TFSA) But where is the brokerage discount, I tried looking at some of the thrive stocks and it shows exactly the same costs as the non thrive stocks. Am I missing...
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    DHL's electric delivery vans hit the streets in South Africa

    What are you talking about. A delivery van is usually almost the whole business day out and about delivering packages. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/hertz-pulls-back-on-ev-plans-citing-tesla-price-cuts-repair-costs.html Then mixed with loadshedding, more wear and tear on EVs leading to higher...
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    Easy Equities good or bad?

    So basically, if you ever decide to withdraw money from the platform they will give you a R25 penalty fee that month. And then they are incentivizing people to invest into certain products, which sounds a bit like a scam. And then want you to donate to their chosen charities, wouldn't be...
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    Environmental and safety myths (and truths) about electric vehicles

    Wow, let's lie to get rid of the "big lies" You just have to google: EV graveyard There are many videos of EVs catching fire while they are parked, not even hot days. Especially China's BYD EVs...
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    Eskom's big Kusile decision

    Meh, no mention of https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2019/05/13/eskom-medupi-kusile (or at https://www.news24.com/fin24/open-letter-how-to-fix-the-boiler-and-mill-problems-at-medupi-and-kusile-20190512 )
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    De Ruyter accused of irregularities

    I guess this must have been too irregular https://www.biznews.com/energy/2021/06/10/eskom-ceo-debt-reduction Trying to save the company, rather than looting it to the ground. So irregular...
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