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Lourens Matthysen

Lourens Matthysen

I'm an economics student currently busy with my postgraduate. College sparked my investing career where I've built a good portfolio over the past 5 years. Here I'll be sharing some of my knowledge.

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A golden rule of investing

Investing has a lot of risks, and with those risks come reward, but that doesn't mean you should forget about the risks involved. As a student myself, money is quite scarce to come buy, and I do have some expenses to cover. So here is one of my

This week ahead 2022 - 24 Jan to 28 Jan

Compounding Dividends

One of the benefits of owning some stocks are their dividends, these are payments that are made to owners of the stock over certain time periods per stock they own. Dividends are payed out half yearly, quarterly or even monthly in some cases. Dividends almost act like a reward for

Maximising what you get out

How to get the most out of an investment while still staying risk averse. In a world where there is so many ways in which to make money, at the end of the day the question comes down to how much would you like to make and at what cost.

The traits of an investor

Investors throughout the world have different ways of looking at things, different personalities and different characteristics. But after a few years of research and a lot of reading I have found that the most common and important traits are as follows: * Due Diligence * Consistency * Perseverance * Patience Due diligence Due diligence

The truth about investing

So for those who are still considering or who have just started dabbling in the stock market, here are some truths about it. The ups and downs As many of you might now by now, stocks fluctuate, the prices of commodities go up and down due to changes in market

Starting your investment journey

So, you've heard about forex, the S&P 500, NASDAQ, Doge, etc. and you're thinking of having a go at it and making your own millions, but you don't know where to start... We'll I'm here to help you