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Be a Better Investor

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Moneyweb editor Ryk van Niekerk hosts the weekly 'Be a Better Investor' podcast to give both amateur and established retail investors a peek at how professional investors invest. He chats to professional investors about their experiences in selecting potential investments, as well as how successful these processes have been. They discuss their biggest hits and misses and other topics, which may offer a few golden nuggets for listeners ... to become better investors.

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Latest episode

May 19, 2026

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Episodes

“Don’t fall in love with companies or sectors” 20.05.2023

Host Ryk van Niekerk with guest, Drikus Combrinck.

Be aggressive with a passive strategy 15.04.2023

‘I believe the market will give me my results over time if I stick to my strategy’: ETF strategist and advisor, Nerina Visser.

99% of people would be better off investing in unit trusts 11.03.2023

To be financially comfortable or able to manage one's financial affairs well doesn't require a really complex understanding of issues. It requires doing a few simple things correctly: Nic Andrew – head of Nedgroup investments.

Young, smart and going places 04.03.2023

In this episode of Be a Better Investor Moneyweb editor Ryk van Niekerk chats with independent analyst Jimmy Moyaha.

Be a Better Investor - Luciano Benade 25.02.2023

Host Ryk van Niekerk chat to Luciano Benade.

'You learn to trade by learning what not to do first' 04.02.2023

All Weather Capital's Shane Watkins on his investment journey, and how luck plays an important part in one's success.

Meet the asset manager who started managing his dad’s portfolio at varsity 20.01.2023

How a student game and his father’s trust in his abilities helped Peregrine Capital CEO Jacques Conradie pick a career in investments, and what guides his thinking now.

‘Be wary of emotional investments’ – Jacobus Lacock 11.12.2022

Fairtrees's Jacobus Lacock talks the move from economics to the asset management industry, his worst-ever trade and why Dimension Data was his first buy.

Gyongyi King's 'watch-and-learn' investment strategy 12.11.2022

AlexForbes's CIO chats her first stock pick, how to spot a fad and the biggest mistakes retail investors should avoid.

Investing: ‘Just do it', says Anthea Gardner 22.10.2022

The managing partner of Cartesian Capital says a lot of platforms allow one to invest with very little money.

Every day you’re making a conscious decision to keep a share 16.10.2022

Anchor Capital CEO Peter Armitage.

Success comes from grit and going where few are willing to tread 02.10.2022

Petri Redelinhuys’s mantra is to let other people who are better at specific things than you are do what they're best at, while you focus on other things: Petri Redelinghuys – Herenya Capital Advisors.

Simon Brown: Where it began ... 28.08.2022

MoneywebNOW's host is the interviewee in this episode of Be a Better Investor. He explains when his love for investing started and how he picks his top stocks.

You don't have to make money the same way your neighbour does 29.07.2022

'It took me about 15 years to figure out that there's only one Buffett and that's Mr Buffet, and the rest of us have to invest in a way that suits your own personality': RECM CEO Jan van Niekerk.

Don't harm yourself with emotional perspectives: Hlelo Giyose 01.07.2022

First Avenue Investment Management's founder and CIO offers insight into his investment journey and explains why he made it his career.

True value investing allows a trusted share its ups and downs 11.06.2022

John Biccard of Ninety One explains his long-term investing philosophy, citing his experiences with Impala, Tiger Brands and Cashbuild in particular.

'In a lot of spaces the long term is your best friend' 04.06.2022

Cannon Asset Managers's CIO Tshepo Modiba talks his biggest investment wins and mistakes and how he picks his shares.

Don’t try to take profits too early 28.05.2022

There are two kinds of money: bread-and-butter money and the yacht-and-caviar money – Viv Govender, wealth specialist at Rand Swiss.

'Treat your investments like relationships' 20.05.2022

‘The more you read, each day you are learning a little more – and I think it's very important to do that kind of reading. You learn about companies as well’: Investment rockstar David Shapiro – deputy chair, Sasfin.

Dr Michael Jordaan steps out of the shadows 06.05.2022

‘If you had to ask me to give one word of advice to all investors, it would be diversification...The worst thing that a tiny investor could do is put all their savings into just one counter’: Dr Michael Jordaan, former FNB CEO.

‘Golden nuggets’ after 25/26 years in the small and midcap arena 23.04.2022

Amateur retail investors in SA stocks which big asset managers ignore ‘simply do not have the...capacity to cover the near-100 stocks...in the small to midcap universe’: Small Talk Daily analyst Anthony Clark.

Hit ratios, win-loss ratios, and shorting 14.04.2022

‘Look for great companies to hold for the long term, but at the same time look for companies where something strange is going on …’: Jean Pierre Verster, Protea Asset Management.

The small-cap sector, a really tough place to pick winners 08.04.2022

‘Capitec [is] a good example of an excellent investment, bought for all the right reasons, held for the right reasons, and then sold because of a technicality’: Keith McLachlan of Integral Asset Managers.

Beware of over-diversification 11.03.2022

'If you've going to put together a portfolio, try to keep it quite narrow,' says Sanlam's Nick Kunze.

The importance of ‘violence’ in a portfolio 05.03.2022

‘You need to make up your own mind around whether what the market is seeing is correct, or the opposite. Sometimes it's very difficult’: Craig Gradidge of Gradidge Mahura.

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