by Hereford Group | Jun 27, 2023 | Business Advisory, General, Market Overview
The recent spate of interest rate hikes has got many property owners worried about whether they can continue to pay their bonds and even whether their property, as an investment, is the right place to have their money. Those who became property owners recently, in...
by Hereford Group | Jun 27, 2023 | Business Advisory, General, Market Overview
Pretty much everybody who’s in business has somewhere down the line conducted a SWOT analysis on that business, or probably has at least heard of it. For the uninitiated, as one authority puts it, ‘’The understanding of your position and planning for the future are...
by Hereford Group | Jul 3, 2020 | Market Overview
We still have a long way to go in the fight against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. As we well know however, economically speaking at least, we can’t simply lie down indefinitely succumbing to its steely grip. Let’s rather, particularly as we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s...
by Hereford Group | Jul 3, 2020 | Market Overview
Some might say the COVID-19 pandemic would have put something of a damper on one of South Africa’s greatest celebrations – the Birthday of the late President Nelson Mandela. If anything however, the way we have, as a nation, resolutely and bravely tackled the pandemic...
by Hereford Group | Jun 19, 2020 | Market Overview
Inflation is best understood in terms of its effect –i.e. a sustained rise in consumer prices or the decreasing purchasing power of our money. A moderate level of inflation is considered positive –what we don’t want is hyperinflation nor do we necessarily want large...
by Hereford Group | Jun 3, 2020 | Market Overview
The old adage ‘hindsight is 20/20 vision’ could not be more appropriate than when applied to the year 2020. The massive impact of COVID-19 on every aspect of society, and of course the global markets, has left us reeling and wondering how we could possibly have...
