As posted elsewhere as well: I am not a financial planner or advisor, but if you're seeking higher growth, there is a way to beat fund managers in a safe manner. It is an investment strategy where you create a stock portfolio, where one half of what you wish to invest in stocks goes into a market tracking Exchange Traded Fund (EFT), weighted by value investment principles, and the other half into penny shares. It can be very rewarding beyond just the monetary gains (and losses!). I've been doing it successfully for a while now. I am subscribed to a South African newsletter by Francois Joubert called Red Hot Penny Shares. I don't like Fleet Street Publications, the publisher, but Francois is one of those rare gems who truly wants to help folks. If you wish to trade stocks in South Africa, I recommend you do so via FNB Securities based on Joubert's recommendations.
