Financial Advice by Nadia

08/01/2024

My son who just completed Matric, needed some guidance on his life after matric, and with the help of Chatgpt I found the below.

There are several AI-powered tools and platforms that offer career guidance for individuals who have recently finished high school. Here are some recommendations:

1. **Traitify:**
- Traitify uses personality assessments to provide insights into an individual's strengths and preferences, helping them identify suitable career paths.
- Website: [Traitify](https://www.traitify.com/)

2. **My Next Move:**
- My Next Move is an interactive tool by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps users explore different careers based on their interests and skills.
- Website: [My Next Move](https://www.mynextmove.org/)

3. **CareerExplorer:**
- CareerExplorer offers a comprehensive career assessment based on interests, personality, and values to guide individuals toward suitable career options.
- Website: [CareerExplorer](https://www.careerexplorer.com/)

4. **Sokanu:**
- Sokanu provides a career test that assesses interests, personality, and values to generate a personalized career report with recommended professions.
- Website: [Sokanu](https://www.sokanu.com/)

5. **IBM Watson Career Coach:**
- IBM Watson Career Coach leverages AI to provide personalized career advice and guidance based on an individual's skills, interests, and goals.
- Website: [IBM Watson Career Coach](https://www.ibm.com/watson/talent/career-coach)

6. **PathSource:**
- PathSource offers career assessments, resume-building tools, and information about various career paths to help individuals make informed decisions.
- Website: [PathSource](https://www.pathsource.com/)

Before recommending a specific tool, it's essential to consider the individual's preferences, goals, and the specific features offered by each platform. Additionally, local career counseling services and educational institutions may also provide valuable guidance for recent high school graduates. ❤️

To save for you or your kids education contact Metaf.in BlueStar or Wealth Doctors.

PathSource offers a comprehensive career navigation solution centered around informational interviews on video. We help young people figure out where they want to take their lives and then learn how to get there.

01/09/2022

There’s no time to start saving for your child’s future like the present. Investment takes time, and starting early allows more time for your money to increase in power due to compounding. With an early start, you can achieve your long-term financial goals in a manageable way. If there are any setbacks or adversaries, having more time will allow you to rebound and recover your returns. It will reduce your current monetary needs while still ensuring significant savings.

Many parents underestimate the savings needed to cover the costs of providing for your children’s future education and avoid the need to borrow to meet these costs. Starting to save early really helps! This has been steadily increasing over the years and we see a 10% increase between 2021 to 2022. If your child were to go on to do a four-year course at university, you would be expected to hand over R50,000, excluding accommodation, transport, food, and book costs!

If you’re proactive in thinking about your child’s future in advance, it will provide more safety to the family as a whole. You’ll have the opportunity to be debt-free regarding education costs.

Private schooling in South Africa also comes at a price and if you want your child to get the best education our country has to offer - read the article by BusinessTech on the rising cost of pre-university school fees and remember to contact Wealth Doctors to help get your education savings plan/s in place.

https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/620849/private-school-prices-compared-in-south-africa-curro-vs-crawford-vs-others/?utm_source=everlytic&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=businesstech

BusinessTech looked at 5 independent school groups in South Africa and how their prices vary:

28/12/2021

As we near the end of 2022, we at Wealth Doctors would just like to pass on our compliments of the season to you. If you don't have one in place already, please reach out to us for a free financial plan and a link to access our Old Mutual South Africa 22seven app that can help you plan and budget for 2022.

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09/11/2021

Gentlemen,

Have you had your prostate cancer and/or testicular cancer screening done yet for the year?

Prevention is better than cure right? There is no sure way to prevent prostate cancer. Many risk factors such as age, race, and family history can’t be controlled. But there are some things you can do that might lower your risk of prostate cancer.

Read the below article by .org on what can be done to lower your risks.

https://lnkd.in/ez7NFHvJ

There are a few at-home kits available on takealot.com that can help you test should you be concerned about your risks.

Talk to us at Wealth Doctors on how we can help you better protect yourself from the effects this illness and/or other severe illnesses can have on your finances.

22/07/2021

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12/07/2021

Have you started saving towards your Child/Childrens' education? The cost of higher education deters most from acquiring further education, you can eliminate this stress by saving as little as R200 pm. Whether parents participate or the student saves his own money, knowing there is money set aside for educational pursuits is helpful. Talk to one of our education savvy financial advisors today by either sending us a DM or emailing [email protected].

02/07/2021

Have you read my latest blog? If not go and read it and let me know what important financial lesson this pandemic has taught you.

Even before the pandemic hit, it seems that most South Africans were already living paycheque to paycheque. Throwing a pandemic in the mix resulted in thousands being retrenched, and you can imagine the toll the dips in the economy took on any person’s financial situation. Through it all, you eit...