Mike Abbott
Director: Sable Wealth
Mike grew up and was educated in South Africa, after which he began his career at Investec Private Bank.
In 2006, Mike founded the property and lending advice division of Sable International. He now runs the business and is head of the investment committee.
He loves sport, mostly triathlon and golf. He is a trained NLP Practitioner and an avid reader of all things relating to economics. He is married and has two children.
Sable Wealth Investment Committee Report: Schrodinger’s Recession
by Mike Abbott | Sep 18, 2023
Sable Wealth’s Investment Committee offers an overview of the factors impacting financial planning from 2023 into 2024.
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Don’t sell the bonds in your portfolio
by Mike Abbott | Apr 3, 2023
2022 saw the bond side of many portfolios deliver negative returns. In some cases, these returns were deeply negative. But bond prices might n...
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Sable Wealth Investment Committee: Regime change brings a brighter long-term return outlook
by Mike Abbott | Dec 9, 2022
Sable Wealth’s Investment Committee offers an overview of the factors impacting financial planning into 2023.
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Five things we know about investing
by Mike Abbott | Apr 11, 2022
The investment world is full of clever sounding people full of even cleverer sounding ideas about what to buy and what to sell to get you ahea...
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Dimensional part 2: Tesla’s charge reveals the weak points of pure indexing
by Mike Abbott | Feb 25, 2021
Dimensional Fund Advisers provide the core of our model portfolios. Their enhanced indexing approach utilizes complex trading strategies acros...
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Flexibility in Practice: How Dimensional Handled GameStop
by Mike Abbott | Feb 24, 2021
The foundation of our investment philosophy is an evidence-based approach that is informed by a continuous and rigorous review of academic and...
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