{"id":6195,"date":"2025-10-30T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/fin\/?p=6195"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:31:50","slug":"are-you-financially-fluent-or-just-faking-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/fin\/2025\/are-you-financially-fluent-or-just-faking-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Financially Fluent or Just Faking It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All that glisters is not gold.\u201d (William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Cash ain\u2019t king<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s cut to the chase: cash is not optimal for long-term investments. 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