The word ‘independence’ is often translated into a self-sufficient state in which you don’t need anything or anyone and you don’t have to meet anything or anyone else’s needs or desires. Put like that, doesn’t ‘independence’ sound quite… lonely? In our quest to unpack financial freedom, we ask what freedom means, and find something rather interesting: when most people visualise any form of freedom, including financially, they usually picture themselves achieving that freedom alone: If ‘I’ […]

When we think of freedom, many people envision a bird soaring – unencumbered, untamed and seemingly weightless. Money often feels like the opposite of that. In fact, if you’re like the majority of people, it can seem like the cage keeping you down. But money can also be the key to unlocking your best life and opening up your wealth space. Part of the WellsFaber journey with you is about finding out what financial freedom means […]

You would think that the number one thing we would answer when asked ‘what’s your goal?’ is to enable clients to meet their financial goals. But that’s only half of why we do what we do. The second half? Confidence. We aspire to make you confident in your end result before you get there. Think about it – imagine you met your goal of, say, building a positive cash flow for your business. Yet when you […]

Your forecast for the current economic environment? Sunny with a chance of uncertainty. It’s almost election time. Macroeconomic analysts are prophesying scary outcomes, political parties are snapping at each other in the headlines and the rand is doing a nervous jig that’s unlikely to abate until well into May. What do you need to get you through these unpleasant temporary side effects for your finances? Our answer may surprise you. What you need is not a […]

WellsFaber has been around long enough to advise many of our clients through several family seasons already. Although we currently live in a culture of instant gratification, seasons remind us that there is a time for everything and our experience fortifies this understanding. Thinking about your family’s long-term, seasonal financial health is vital to ensuring your children’s and future generations’ success, as well as the healthy retirement of your parents and yourself. Each and every family […]