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What’s your downside?

By Prieur du Plessis, on April 7th, 2008 posted in: South Africa

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By Mark Seymour

When it comes to making an investment, the obvious objective is to generate a return such that your capital doesn’t diminish in value (preferably a return greater than the prevailing rate of inflation).

The question is: What rate of return should you target? In order to answer it, [...]

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