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Wakanda Forever. Unfortunately, no-one lives that long. Chadwick Boseman excited and inspired countless youths and adults when he played the world’s first black superhero, King T’Challa of Wakanda, in the blockbuster “Black Panther.” His recent passing at age 43 shows us that even those who appear to be young, vibrant, wealthy and heroic need an estate plan whose key elements include: A Durable Power of Attorney, which appoints a surrogate to make decisions about property and financial affairs on behalf of an individual, especially when or if they become incapacitated; A Healthcare Power of Attorney which appoints an Agent for…

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You know that voice in your head, that says “buy” when you see a stock you know? It is sometimes the voice of your emotions, and emotional buying is never the best strategy. Sometimes it is really hard to drop emotions when trading in stocks because as humans, emotion is an integral part of us. But every stocktrader must know how to pull off the garment of emotions when trading, else, one may make the following mistakes: Buying because it’s trendy There are times when there is a sudden buzz around a particular stock, and everyone seems to be going…

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Ethical investing is a type of investing process that considers an investor’s personal principles – could be social, moral, religious, political, or otherwise, before making investment decisions. At ARM, the overarching focus remains to help everyone regardless of their beliefs or principles realise their ambitions – and so, to support anyone seeking to embark on ethical investing, the ARM Ethical Fund was specially designed. What is the ARM Ethical Fund? The ARM Ethical Fund is a mutual fund which invests in Sha’ria compliance securities to help investors invest in line with their religious morals or beliefs. This open-ended mutual fund…

The best performing sector over the month was the banking sector (+4.29%) while the worst performing sector was the oil and gas sector (-15.71%). We expect the equity market to trade sideways in the near term in the absence of any positive catalyst however we would continue to take advantage of market opportunities to the enhance the value of the pension assets. Fixed Income  The fixed income market traded on a bullish note with yields declining across the curve during the month of June. The bullish sentiment was largely supported by the buoyant system liquidity and the reduction in the…