Easy Does It - A podcast by EasyEquities

Get ready for a special episode hosted by Carly Esterhuizen, Brand VP at EasyEquities, as she hosts Dj @ Large and the tables and mics switch. After an exhilarating journey spanning 3 eventful years, featuring over 100 esteemed guests and sparking 130 insightful investment conversations, Dj @ Large bids farewell to the Easy Does It podcast. Eager to delve deeper into the DJ's story, his unwav...

Whether you're just embarking on retirement planning or you're a seasoned investor, tune in to navigate the dynamic landscape of retirement and politics! In this episode, we're joined by Daresh Lawengee, CEO of Rise EasyRetire , to delve deep into the fascinating intersection of retirement and politics. Daresh kicks off the conversation by exploring why nearly half of working South...

We spoke to Don Kruger and Earle Loxton, respective Head of Product and CEO at EasyCrypto, to chat about cryptocurrencies and their recent upward trend. A key theme to this conversation are the misconceptions surrounding crypto and managing expectations about it. To achieve this (management of expectations) and to demystify it, Earle and Don break down the primary drivers of crypto prices. We also...

Many of us dread the conversation, process, and even thought of wealth preservation when it comes to death, but it’s an inevitable part of the journey. The team at EasyEquities have decided to make it, well, easier in every way. This is why we invited Mbulelo Mpofana, Product Manager at EasyEquities,  and Carly Esterhuizen, EasyEquities VP of Brand, to have this conversation with our community. Th...

Carly Esterhuizen, Brand VP at EasyEquities, hosts this conversation about investing for your kids. She is joined by Justin Pearse, VP of Partner Operations at Purple Group, and Ntombifuthi Dube, Client Experience Team Leader at Easy. Aside from being teammates at EasyEquities, these three have another thing in common: parenthood. Carly, a new mom, leans on Ntombi and Justin as experienced parents...

This episode is part two of a conversation by parents sharing their insights in navigating family, kids, and finance. This special episode is hosted by Carly Esterhuizen, VP of EasyEquities Brand, and features experienced parents Ntombifuthi Dube and Justin Pearse, Client Experience Team Leader and VP of Partner Operations at Purple Group respectively. This part of the conversation gets a little m...

Allow us to introduce EasyCredit . Toward the end of 2023 the team at EasyEquities created a new dimension to investing that helps you achieve your long-term goals. Mbulelo Mpofana, EasyCredit Product Manager, introduces and unpacks this groundbreaking financial product to our audience. EasyCredit allows investors to access financial credit/loans backed by your assets on EasyEquities, meaning you...

Cautiously Optimistic. This sentiment about the markets in 2024 is how we kicked off the first Easy Does It episode for the new year, an episode where we reintroduce EasyAssetManagement (EAM). Shaun Krom, EAM’s Fund Manager with over 20 years’ experience, joins us in studio to talk about international and local markets, and finding investment opportunities in inflation and among the macro-risks pl...

Every year, without fail, markets move - some years more drastically than others. The difference is in understanding why they move as they do. To give us a clear understanding of the ‘Why’ we invited Duane Gilbert, Chief Investment Officer of RISE - a licensed fund administration, investment management and consulting firm that supports retirement funds and their members. The conversation contextua...

Purple Group and EasyEquities CEO, Charles Savage, joins us in studio right after Purple Group (JSE: PPE) releases its 2023 financial results. It’s not everyday that we get the chance to get leadership to answer a few questions about how the business is performing and its trajectory going forward. Charles talks about the different business units within Purple Group, opportunities in the market, th...

Once again, we’ve invited CayLow Mbedzi (EasyEquities Brand Manager) and JD Breytenbach (Senior Trader at Purple Group) into the studio to tell us what's been moving and shaking the markets lately. To kick things off, we discussed inflation, US earnings, and the significant dividend payouts in October (and it's a lot!). CayLow provided valuable insights by explaining Sustainable Developm...

At the Money Summit 2023, we caught up with people from all walks of life to get their insights on finance and investing. We talked to exhibitors, business owners, investors, and students, and we were struck by the common theme that many people want to improve their relationships with money. In this episode, you'll hear from people with a wide range of knowledge and perspectives on investing,...

We’ve invited JD Breytenbach back on the Easy Does it podcast for a unique session where he answered our community’s questions about trading and investing. The topics covered by the Senior Trader at Purple Group includes insights about how traders perceive the future of AI/ML (A.I and machine learning), stereotypes about traders, how Nenegate affected JD and some traders’ portfolios, the types of...

CayLow Mbedzi (EasyEquities Brand Manager) and JD Breytenbach (Senior Trader at Purple Group) joined us in the studio to tell us what's been moving the markets lately. To start, we talked currencies and interest rate hikes in Mzansi and around the globe (and what exactly these mean for us beginners!). With South African consumers catching hands at the latest petrol prices, CayLow breaks down...

We finally got the EasyEquities and Purple Group Chief Marketing Officer, Carel Nolte, in the studio with us for an all-encompassing episode that we’re sure the Easy Community will love. As a company that takes its community and collaborators seriously, Carel gives us updates about the different charities ( Born2Run , WOW Bursary Fund ), strategic corporate partners (Sanlam and Satrix), and specia...

We have invited Sascha Graham, Head of Legal at Purple Group and EasyEquities, back to the Easy Does It studio for a chat about the safety of your investments in EasyEquities. The ever-charming legal eagle simplifies the complex rules around financial regulations that Easy abides by. This episode explains what it means when your investments are ‘ring fenced’ from EasyEquities’ operations, and whet...

We’re joined again by Siyabulela Nomoyi, Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Satrix, to explain how to read and understand fund factsheets. It may look intimidating, but a fund factsheet/MDD (Minimum Disclosure Document) is the key information document for exchange traded funds (ETFs), unit trusts, and other types of funds. Siya breaks it down, covering different aspects to look out for such as fund...

For this episode we wanted to directly answer the frequently asked questions investors have when it comes to navigating EasyEquities. We enlisted the help of Ntombifuthi Dube, Client Experience Team Leader at Easy, to answer some of the queries that you may have. The top 5 questions we address in this episode are:  How to register on EasyEquities. Can minors, stokvels, trusts, non-individuals, inv...

While investing has become more mainstream and accessible over the last few years, we still have a long way to go to ensure women and the youth are investing as well. Cleola Kunene, Head of SME Development and Customer Experience (CX) at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), joins us to talk about how we can further expand and diversify the investor demography. While big strides have been made in...

As part of our Circle of Investors series, which highlights people changing their financial trajectories alongside friends and family, we invited Mbali Nkosi and Tinyiko Ngobeni for a chat. Building friendships based on wealth creation can be tricky terrain, but this dynamic duo gives us a sense of how to navigate this. We asked these mates about managing investor peer pressure, conflicting intere...

Investing alongside family and friends has its advantages and disadvantages, because experiences are never the same for everyone. That’s why we brought back our favourite set of twins to talk about being comfortable with conversations about money between family and friends, and more, for this episode of Easy Does It. The Stubbs Twins joined us in the studio to delve deeper into their investments a...

Once again, we are joined by JD Breytenbach to throw the proverbial financial market bones. Answering some burning investor questions while giving us a scoop on all the important financial events that had the markets moving and shaking in the month of June. The Senior Trader at Purple Group sheds light on the major global investment themes and macroeconomic factors that impacted markets during Jun...

Urban tranquillity meets urban buzz! Akaru Bryanston is a brand spanking new listing on EasyProperties. Urban living apartments located in the affluent residential suburb of Bryanston, which is part of Sandton. This exclusive neighborhood is renowned for its luxurious lifestyle and provides easy access to top-notch schools, medical centres, numerous office parks, and convenient shopping centres, a...

We’ve invited Nozi Van Heerden, a personal finance educator, author, and self-proclaimed “ETF baby”, to join us in the Easy Does It kitchen to share her own investment ingredients when cooking up her portfolio. Nozi gets very candid with us for this episode, sharing her taboo investment habits, explaining her investment strategy, as well as how her love for ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) and index i...

Join us in the Easy Does It kitchen for a conversation with Josh Viljoen, senior auditor, founder of the Smart Money SA blog, and finance content contributor for FinMeUp. We chat to Josh to get an understanding of how he chooses his own investments and navigates the markets. He introduces us to his “Two-bucket” system, the ingredients to whipping up a good portfolio (i.e. diversifying across diffe...