The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson.
Retirement, investment, financial and annuity insights and advice, delivered from the GCI experts.
GCI Wealth Tour 2019
Part 01 – Wealth Tour Highlights
Part 02 – Alex Cook – The evolution of the GCI Brand & Vision
Part 03 – Michael Avery – The end of the Rainbow
Part 04 – Windall Bekker – The Upside of Irrational Behaviour and Investments
Part 05 – Natasja Hart – Navigating the Rainbow, practical tips
Part 06 – Speaker Panel Discussion
GCI Wealth Tour 2017
Alex Cook at the GCI Wealth Tour 2017
Alex Cook talks about “Why should my friends also use GCI as their wealth managers?”
Part 01-Why use GCI
Part 02-The South African problem
Part 03-Developing people
Part 04-Determining client retirement status
Part 05-Treating our clients like family
Part 06-Complete independence
Part 07-Retirement plan and consolidated report
Part 08-Online retirement planner
Part 09-How long will my money last
Part 10-Know your retirement status
Part 11-Creating happy families
Alex Funk at the GCI Wealth Tour 2017
Overview talk about Happiness by Alex Funk
Part 01-South African equities The bigger picture
Part 02-Investor behaviour
Part 03-The broken investor model
Part 04-Forecasting pitfalls
Part 05-Life after junk status
Part 06-Thoughts on manager analysis
Part 07-Asset class holding periods
Yvonne Johnston at the GCI Wealth Tour 2017
Part 01-How happy are you
Part 02-When will you be happy
Part 03-What will make you happy
Part 04-Letting go
Part 05-Letting go of caring what people think about you
Part 06-Letting go of people pleasing
Part 07-Letting go of anxiety and worry
Part 08-Letting go of insecurity
Part 09-Letting go of the past
Part 10-Letting go of spending money on what you don’t need
Part 11-Letting go of anger
Part 12-Letting go of control
Part 13-Letting go of the need to be right
Part 14-Gratitude
Part 15-Savouring the moment
Part 16-Finding purpose and meaning
Celebrate Youth Month by cracking the wealth-building code
Data from the US Federal Reserve Bank shows that wealth is shifting slowly from the Baby Boomers and their predecessors, the Silent Generation, to Generation X and the Millennials. However, the worry is that that transfer is happening too slowly, and may point to some trouble ahead, especially for Generation X.
Common questions financial advisors get asked
Glenda Oosthuizen, wealth manager at GCI Wealth, shares her survey of the questions clients are asking, and provides insight into how to resolve them.
Largest and most educated generation, yet the poorest
The most educated and highest earning workforce that the world has ever seen is accumulating wealth at a frighteningly slow pace.
Financial literacy – Where to start
Managing your money is a skill that benefits you throughout your life, but for beginners, where do you begin?
Four steps to successful investing
Investment success is both art and science, but it is simple to achieve – If you stick to your plan
Why the leopard?
For over 2 decades we have been asked “Why the leopard?” and, until now, it’s remained somewhat of an unofficial secret. Apart from its captivating and beautiful appearance, there is a much deeper meaning as to why we have chosen the leopard to be the symbol of GCI.
Love your future self
February - known all around the world as The Month of Love. While February and Valentine’s day is typically spent showering others with love, but the person you really need to shower with love is your future self.
If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.
In a year that tested us in the most extreme ways, we still managed to endure, and if we look hard enough, there were so many lessons that we were able to take away from it.
You realise you don’t have enough for retirement, now what?
Retirement is the one risk most people forget to take into account.
December downtime on a budget
The pandemic and lockdown have certainly taken a toll on many a budget, so we asked members of the GCI team for some great ideas on how to spend the holidays, while giving your wallet a bit of a holiday too.
How to Avoid the Black Friday Blues
This year, of all years, make Black Friday work for you – rather than the other way around.