MONEY MAESTRO | Silver linings amid today’s turbulent markets

Dailydispatch · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · May 03, 2026 · 370 words · By Scott Roebert

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What to know about MONEY MAESTRO

In the rollercoaster of SA markets over the past six years, investors have endured relentless ups and downs.

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What happened

In the rollercoaster of SA markets over the past six years, investors have endured relentless ups and downs.

Why it matters

From the Covid pandemic’s brutal grip in 2020, which cratered the JSE All Share Index by over 30%, to Eskom’s endless load-shedding that strangled economic growth, we’ve faced it all.

Common ground

Add in the 2021 July unrest, Russia’s Ukraine invasion spiking fuel and food prices, the 2024 elections’ political uncertainty and now the Middle East conflict, the rand has yoyo-ed, inflation has bitten hard, and global tensions have rippled through…

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Claim 1: “By 2025, their portfolio grew 18% annually, outpacing the benchmarks.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Long-Term Capital Management L.P. (LTCM) was an American hedge fund which used highly leveraged strategies. In 1998 when LTCM was on the verge of collapse, the fund received a $3.6 billion bailout fro…
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Claim 2: “Blueprint Finance Brokers owner Scott Roebert has been a financial planner for 25 years, specialising in bespoke investments and retirement planning.”

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Claim 3: “From the Covid pandemic’s brutal grip in 2020, which cratered the JSE All Share Index by over 30%”

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Claim 4: “Consider a client I advised in 2022: facing extremely high inflation and Stage 6 loadshedding, we pivoted to inflation-linked bonds and offshore equity ETFs.”

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Claim 5: “The JSE has not only recovered but surged to record highs, with the Top 40 index climbing over 50% from its pandemic lows by late 2025.”

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