Did you hear that heartrending advert on the radio? It was a recently retired couple who finally found a bank that cares for them. Now they can take that dream cruise that they’ve talked about for years and they can retire comfortably knowing that their capital is guaranteed safe. Why? Because the bank guarantees them a whopping 7 1/4% return. Now, if real inflation was 6% (wishthink) that would mean that they have 1 1/4% available to spend, so if they want to retire on, say, R60 000 before tax (and the way they are talking about cruises etc. they…
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