Simon’s weekly wrap: What’s driving car sales and life after work

Emerging markets (including South Africa) have had a great year and I spoke with Herman van Papendorp from Momentum Investments about whether this could hold. He’s optimistic about the trend continuing, with the local market potentially being a favourite as we see many economic green shoots.

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Local vehicle sales have seen a resurgence this year, with the third quarter reporting the highest levels in over a decade. Further, price inflation on new vehicles is the lowest in over two decades. I spoke with Ayesha Hatea from TransUnion about the data, specifically, which cars are popular and who is buying them.

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We work for decades saving for retirement and I spoke with Craig Lawrence of BDO Wealth Advisors about how retirement is more than just having enough money to live on. What we’ll do in retirement is hugely important and often neglected until we find ourselves bored on the porch.

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Year-end in the markets often has us drowned out by predictions and forecasts for the year ahead. I spoke with Brendan de Jongh from PMX about why we love forecasts so much, even as data shows we’re very bad at making them. I also ask about better alternatives to trying to predict what the future brings.

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