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A private person who makes his/her living out of buying and selling shares on the JSE. These people generally keep a very low profile and are hard to find. Usually, they operate out of a tax haven and have little or no financial presence in South Africa. They should not be confused with the fund managers who manage money on behalf of big institutions. The fund manager is a highly-paid and highly-qualified employee - he makes his living by working and not from his own personal investments. Professional investors are usually unwilling to talk about their approach to investment or their methods, preferring to keep their strategies a secret exclusively for their own benefit. Becoming a professional investor by acquiring knowledge and experience should be the goal of every private investor.

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