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The scourge of missing the boat

investing in equity markets has become a perilous journey for most local investors, with a wide divergence in performances in 2019 resulting in some having gained, but others having lost out measurably.

An investment in resources in 2019, or exposure to a MSCI World Index ETF fund, would have been beneficial. Naspers* also delivered a decent return of 18%, as the company continues to ride on the coattails of resurgent worldwide tech stocks. And Capitec and Clicks remain growth stars. But not all funds

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