Jerry Mononela

  I Jerry Mononela and sharing with you basics of SIP. SIPs or systematic investment plans are becoming the most popular things in the investment market these days. All brokerage firms as well as some mobile investment applications, something that we talked about in the previous post, are offering SIPs to their user base. We all have heard the amazing stuff about SIPs in the ads, but they give very little information on what SIPs are. So in today’s blog post, I will be guiding you through the basics of a SIP. What Is A SIP? First things first, an SIP is a Systematic Investment Plan . And according to its name, it is a structure that is designed to systematically invest funds taken from your account either over multiple ventures or concentrated towards one.  A systematic investment plan can take funds from an account set up in your name and it can be a mutual fund, trading account, or a retirement account. You would have to transfer funds into such accounts over a fixed period that i

  I am Jerry Mononela and sharing with you the five best mobile apps for investing in the stock market. Trading has become a norm among the young population through its extensive digitalization. Whether it be through websites or apps, trading in the national, as well as international stock market, has become infinitely more convenient. Through the course of letting the stock market be traded upon by small, individuals looking to invest their savings in a few points, trading has taken many shapes to appeal to the consumer. And it appears that with the advent of digitalization, even stock market trading has reached the palms of the small consumer with complete transparency. And this transparency has been brought on by none other than mobile trading applications. These applications run just like every other application on a smartphone. You either register or log in and after setting up your details in your profile, you are ready to go! With the click of a button, you can now invest in yo

  In our previous posts, we have talked about who is an Angel investor and  where to find an Angel investor  for your startup company. There we talked about the various platforms where you could meet such investors both online and offline. But in all fairness, being a person who is well versed in the South African financial and entrepreneurial sector, I have to list out Angel Investors that in South Africa that have propelled many, many small businesses to stardom.  So in today’s Jerry Mononela’s financial blog, we will be covering the top Angel investors in my native country: South Africa Where To Start? First things first, I can’t be perfectly objective about the Angel investors I am going to list out as startup founders always see investors in a subjective light. My opinion will hold almost little to no ground in this decision so I have decided to provide a trusted portal to check out South African Angel investors and their portfolio.  Angel.co  is a wonderful website that I use to

  Building up a business from scratch is one of the most difficult tasks in the modern arena of finance. Many life-changing ideas often remain as ideas in the minds of potential businessmen as there is no pool of money to fund the construction of that idea in the real world. That, however, was a problem that was quickly tackled by people becoming unconventional investors called angel investors. We have already discussed angel investors and who they are in a previous blog, but a brief introduction would be: Angel investors are typically well-off individuals who want to invest in a young company to propel them into the market. They can be doctors, lawyers, or businessmen themselves. Angel investors are those investors that provide a startup with its first round of funding to move it out of the concept phase. In today’s post, we are going to learn how to find such an angel investor for your budding startup. If you would like to see more of these blogs, check out my website  Jerry Mononela

  The craze for finance in today’s population is exciting, and sensationalism has entered the finance sector of the global market. Pin it on cultural developments through films or TV, or through a general sense of being financially sound across the population, everyone wants a piece of the stock market. Many believe that the stock market is a gold mine where you can get rich quickly while many believe that stocks are the trajectory followed when money is flushed down the drain. Well, Jerry Mononela (that would be me) is here to tell you that the precious stock market is neither. It is a fast-paced, predictable yet unpredictable mechanism that needs to be studied properly. A well understanding of such a complex mechanism is necessary to get the most out of it. And that is what most people forget. A proper understanding of the stock market would be ideal but a person who wants to invest his finances however small simply must have some technical knowledge of the world he is about to ente