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Easy Equities Share Investing – An Exercise in Patience

Around 2 months ago I finally activated and started investing in my Easy Equities account.

And my experience so far:

  • Great with the Capitec App as I can drop micro amounts from my Live Better savings in Fractional Share Ownership which convert into actual shares as we meet and surpass the Share Price on offer.
  • An exercise in patience as when looking at my overall account performance it is down by 2.55% (right now) – this fluctuates visibly as the share prices go up and down and normally after each purchase.
  • Presently I am only invested in South African Shares (93%) and a Crypto Bundle (7%).
  • I am slowly being convinced to move my Standard Bank Share Portfolio over to Easy Equities as well – as it is far more user friendly and focussed on the one task at hand.

Performance wise you can see from the numbers below that I made one DOOZY of a mistake which I am patiently waiting for itself to correct.

Share: Profit/loss *

  • Advtech Limited: +12.27%
  • Bidvest: -0.14%
  • Old Mutual: -5.41%
  • RMB Holdings Limited: -27.6%
  • Tiger Brands: +2.42%
  • EC10 Crypto Bundle: +6.44%

Overall Performance asof NOW: -2.55%

* Remember that each investor’s share journey will be different based on a number of factors such as: Date of purchase, Purchase price, Dividends re-invested or not, Prices of subsequent ongoing purchases, Share sold and traded and bought again etc.

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  1. Esna Colyn started her professional career as a chartered accountant doing her articles at an investment banking giant. She spent 17 years in the investment banking, private equity and corporate finance trenches attesting to her mental toughness. Today, she\’s the CEO of one of South Africa\’s foremost beauty franchises, Imbalie Beauty. She\’s had to reinvent herself and her roles numerous times along her journey towards business leadership.