Category: Finance

A few people over the years have asked me for a copy of my budget excel sheet. Its quite simple however have decided to post it on my blog in case anyone else would find it handy. Depending on everyone’s interest and time also would enjoy any comments for its improvement.

Summary:

The basic intention of this excel sheet is to provide an indication of how much money is left  for you to spend after you have catered for all expenses, including investment payments, etc. Hence the name: the “What is Left” sheet.

Continue reading Finance – the What is Left – Budget Sheet

Read an interesting article on MoneyWeb today: The article looks at the costs of running a vehicle in South Africa, UK, US and other countries.

Continue reading Costs of running a vehicle in SA – Higher?

A exploratory exercise to understand the real-value running costs of a vehicle between 2001 and 2012, limited to variables related to fuel price and fuel consumption for a specific range of vehicle. Whilst limited, it was fascinating to see the relationship between fuel prices and fuel consumption figures as time has progressed.

Continue reading Real-Value running costs of a Vehicle in 2001 Vs Vehicle in 2012

Considering the last petrol price increases and the incremental decreases car manufacturers have managed to attain in fuel consumption, I wanted to understand what fuel price history would look like on a graph ( to relate this to some theories).

Continue reading Plot of Fuel Prices against time in South Africa

Found an interesting blog about finance and living financially free;… okay granted the blog does not seem to be updated for a long while however the information I would think is very relevant. Find the link here.

 

If you are looking to purchase property, it would be helpful to know what is the municipal evaluation of a specific property and what it was sold for previously. Fortunately these days there are sites where you can retrieve this information easily for a small fee.

Two sites that I have personally used myself are:

• PropIQ (thanks Lz for this, you know who you are)
• EVALUATE

Last I used both sites, PropIQ charged me R 70 and Evaluate R 30. I personally find the propiq report better laid out and seems (but I have not confirmed this) to have more information. Both sites provide the reports instantly and a credit card is required to purchase a report.