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Getting started
⏱ 12 min read · Updated Feb 2026
How to Start Investing in South Africa (2026)
The complete reference guide. Covers the five steps from financial foundation to first real investment, platform comparison, and how to know when you're ready. Updated monthly.
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⏱ 7 min read
How to Invest with Small Amounts in South Africa
Platforms, minimums, and strategies for investors starting with under R1,000.
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⏱ 8 min read
ETFs Explained for South African Investors
What ETFs are, how JSE-listed ETFs work, the major options, and why they're the default starting point for most retail investors.
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⏱ 6 min read
The Five Most Common Beginner Investing Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them
Why most early losses aren't caused by bad products. Patterns across retail investors and what the data says.
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Know when you're ready
⏱ 8 min read · Updated Feb 2026
The Investor Readiness Score: What It Is and How It Works
A full explainer of Kora Markets' proprietary 0–100 metric. What it measures, how the score is calculated from resolved markets, what a score of 65+ means, and how to improve it.
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⏱ 6 min read
How to Know When You're Ready to Invest Real Money
Confidence is a poor readiness signal. This guide covers what accuracy-based readiness looks like and how to measure it objectively.
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Paper Trading vs. Prediction Market Simulation: What's the Difference?
Why simulating trades is not the same as training decision-making accuracy — and which approach builds better investor instincts.
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⏱ 4 min read
What Is the Edge Score?
How Kora Markets' accuracy rating is calculated, how it differs from the IRS, and how to interpret your score.
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Comparison
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SA context
⏱ 5 min read
What Is the FSCA and Why Does It Matter?
What the Financial Sector Conduct Authority does, how to verify a platform's registration, and what protection it provides to retail investors.
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⏱ 7 min read
The JSE Explained for Beginner Investors
How the Johannesburg Stock Exchange works, what's listed on it, how retail investors access it, and what JSE-linked products mean in practice.
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⏱ 8 min read
Tax on Investments in South Africa: What You Need to Know
CGT, dividends tax, and SARS obligations for retail investors. Plain-language summary — not financial advice, but a reference for understanding the basics before investing.
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Prediction markets
⏱ 10 min read · Updated Feb 2026
What Is a Prediction Market and How Does It Work?
The complete explainer — how prediction markets aggregate information, why they're historically more accurate than expert opinion, and how Kora Markets uses them as an investment training tool rather than a speculative product.
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⏱ 6 min read
Are Prediction Markets Gambling?
The legal, structural, and conceptual differences between prediction markets and gambling — and why the distinction matters for South African regulation.
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