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Ah, right: "the 5 phases of crypto mining". 1. Excitement 2. Contentment 3. Cautious Optimism 4. Bargaining/Alternative strategies 5. Acceptance that buying on the exchanges is the only way

Make your own damn pizza: 50/50 Double thick yoghurt (also goes by the sans-PC name of Greek Yoghurt) and Self Raising flour Mix that shiaat...add more flour as needed Schmear it out in an oven pan and coat with cooking oil (I schmear it with a bit of water to even it out) 200℃ for 10 minutes Top it with tomato paste and whatever else you want (pepperoni, tomato, peppers, onion, and a TON of cheese) 200℃ for 15 minutes ...or buy from Pizza Perfect. But there is no need to go to Dominoes. You're not that desperate.

So it turns out the internet was right

Sup

So either they're playing the public and that guy is the fall guy or they reckon there's nothing to worry about

What are the volumes (or values rather) of those trades directors are making? It would look very suspicious if after the news broke of their possible involvement in corruption the directors started selling off shares.

"Where there is smoke..." I actually considered sending my CV to them not so long ago - would be nice working for a listed company. But I reckon that's something that'll have to wait until this all blows over and/or is finalised. Really glad I'm not there...yet.

There's no such thing as not enough cheese

/bearhug

More: http://www.offtopic.co.za/finance/amateur-hour-and-school-fees/

They look like this: You can buy them at Spar or some butcheries (seen them at Country Meat). Basically, a very concentrated liquid that was somehow made from burning wood or something. You add a tiny amount to your marinade, directly to the meat or the oil as described above and braai with it. After the meat is done on that electric or gas grill you wouldn't know it didn't come off a real wood fire. I make sure I rub some of it into the fat of the meat but you have to be careful with the strength. Using the Hickory one atm but prefer the Hickory & Oak one.

Steak: * rub in salt * make a oil/garlic powder/liquid smoke mix * pour over steak ...braai (liquid smoke since we're in a thatch roof complex and currently confined to an electric Weber)

Now why would you go and do a silly thing like putting chutney on a braaibroodjie?

Don't mess with it.... Tomato, cheese, onion, fire....

Yeah... and I'll probably have kids, ergo broke.

I can go one step further - STXEMG basically wraps the iShares Emerging Market ETF which you can currently buy directly on EasyEquities' demo US account. So when the real US account goes live, you have to ask yourself which one is the better buy as it is essentially exactly the same thing. Big difference: STXEMG is allowed in your TFSA but is possibly slightly more expensive.

Comes down to cost and the requirement in your portfolio. If you already own DBXWD there is probably no need to sell it and buy STXWDM. If you need to buy more DBXWD though, then STXWDM is cheaper and probably the better option going forward. But Sygnia bought all the DBX ETFs will be renaming them to Itrix soon and may cut costs on platforms other than their Alchemy one. Time will tell. Same goes for STX500 if you already own CSP500 and Sygnia will be launching an S&P500 of their own pretty soon if I'm not mistaken. STXEMG though, that looks pretty decent considering there is no real alternative to it except maybe for AMIB50 (but that is Africa only). So if you don't have exposure to emerging markets yet this is probably something to look into. It is very risky and highly volatile as far as ETFs go - big chance of growth and loss.

Let's hope STXEMG doesn't turn I to a bad investment. But a fair warning to you guys, I bought some so expect China and the Southern Hemisphere to come crashing down and Murphy knows about it [emoji14]

Yippee ki yay!

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Welcome First, they call it "Lump Sum" and "Dollar Cost Averaging", the latter being regular and consistent contributions (R2750 pm instead of a R33,000 pa lump sum). There's no right and wrong answer, historical data seems to indicate that lump sum investing outperforms dollar cost averaging and has the potential advantage of keeping transaction costs down. Since you have the lump sum ready you can just as well invest it and get it done with. Personally, I contribute every month. That way it becomes part of my monthly "expenses" and I do not need to save up a lump sum to invest for next year. It's just simpler and helps keep some of the volatility in check. As for multiple providers, yes you can split it. The totals and limits on TFSA accounts (max R33k pa investment, R500k lifetime limit) are tied to you as a person/tax payer. So if you open a TFSA with EasyEquities and deposit R20k and open another TFSA with Sygnia and deposit R13k you are good for the year. I don't think you need to worry about having too large a sum on one platform especially when starting out. The ETFs etc. you buy are owned by you and the platform you make use of is just a way of accessing them. If ABSA goes bust you still own all the ETFs. Unit trusts I'm not so sure of. Which platforms were you thinking about? Nevermind, saw the title now

If there isn't you can always start a meetup, make an "official" thread on here and get it going

CentOS is more for servers than your regular end user machine. Fedora is great (better than Ubuntu, depending on who you ask) but it feels like you have better support and a bigger community behind Ubuntu. Either way, it's better than Windows [emoji14]

It's "heavy" though so I wouldn't suggest using it on an underpowered laptop/machine.

I've been through a couple: Mint.... it's green and too windows like for me. Broke it. Ubuntu Gnome.... buggy as hell. Broke itself. Kubuntu... VERY pretty (better then that Elementary potato distro ). Broke it. Xubuntu... was my favourite. Nice, lightwieght...and then I broke it And after all of that I decided, hey, why not get a distro that is solid and won't cause me grieve: Ubuntu First thing you do after installation is get rid of all the pink and scale down the size of side bar. With every other Ubuntu derivative there was always something wrong and it never worked 100% like I wanted to. Ubuntu just worked. You can also look into Fedora but if you're a regular end user, why bother?