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Investment Clubs for Smaller Investors. Investing Strategies for All

This website is designed to give you information about an investment club, including how to start one and keep it running successfully. In the process you'll have the opportunity to learn about all types of investments that cover everything from listed shares on the JSE (Stock Exchange) through unit trusts and small investor schemes which is what unit trusts were developed for. You'll consider investments in property, gold coins, gold shares, precious metals in general and of course investors also talk of opportunities of making money in forex trading ... currencies are bought and sold for investment profits and this is now easily done online. Kruger Rands has always been a favourite for South African investors and investment schemes.

You'll be able to start your own investment club after you read this website and follow the steps outlined here. There are many investment clubs around the country that have been running for a long time. With a bit of work and planning you too can be part of a successful investment club. Investments or investing is a term associated with a lot of different meanings in the world of economics and finance. This term is also closely linked to saving or defining consumption. When talking about investments, assets are normally purchased, or alternatively a deposit is made in a bank, hopping to get some form of  return on investment (ROI) at some time in the future. The word actually means the "act of putting something in to somewhere else" (relating to a person's garment or vest'ment').

What are collective investment schemes?

A collective investment scheme is a technique of investing capital with other people to take part in a variety of investments that may not be possible for a single investor. Such investors share the cost and profit associated with holding investments.

The term is defined differently in different countries but collective investment schemes are generally known as

  • Managed funds,
  • Mutual funds
  • Simply funds

In South Africa the financial markets have developed from collective investment schemes and most financial institutions such as ABSA and FNB have raised a lot of money by managing such schemes.

Collective investments are marketed with a different investment aims targeting certain geographic regions (e.g. Emerging Gauteng BEE companies) or specified themes (e.g. Technology).
 

After reading this website you'll learn the following:

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