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Slight problem there as I'm not living in South Africa at the moment.Past performance isn't an indication of future performance.
Read up on how unit trusts work and then read the fund's fact sheet. That should answer everything you need to know (even how risky it is, if memory serves). If you're unfamiliar with investing in unit trusts and the like, I'd suggest speaking to a financial advisor.
Wow! Thank you very much for your insight!An ETF is basically buying into a group of shares by buying 1 product.
So you buy the (eg) Resource fund and it goes out and buys the (eg) top10 resource companies.
This all depends on the mandate of the fund, for instance Satrix 40 buys the 40 biggest companies by market cap in SA.
Satrix Resi buys the biggest resources companies, Fini buys the financial sector. etc.
The advantage of an ETF is that your costs are low, and your shares are picked for you.
So when you buy or sell Satrix Top40 you just pay once, instead of buying/selling 40 different shares.
Other people are also managing the buying and selling for you (for a fee of 2-5% per annum)
As far as Coronation goes, its a listed company, quite well known.
But as Messugga said, past performance doesnt indicate future performance.
Your best bet is really to invest in these well known funds when prices are low. omo.
Satrix is pretty expensive currently. Coronation might be a better bet.Wow! Thank you very much for your insight!
I actually have some funds in one already. Just looking at other options now as well.
Would you say rather look at the Satrix ones or look more into the Coronation emerging markets one?
Stanlib has linked with Standard Bank.So where does Stanlib fit into all of this?