Opinion
The decision to hold the cash rate steady at 2.0%p.a. yesterday allows another month, at least, to see (1) if the brakes recently put on investor lending ease their housing market concerns and (2) if mixed economic data starts to take a direction one way or another
Week in review
Drama continues in Greece where banks have been closed for a fortnight, markets kept watch on China’s stock market and as expected, the RBA left the cash rate unchanged at 2%
Opinion
Some are of the view that our economy has reached the low point in the interest rate cycle. If you agree that the current cash rate is, in fact, a low point and the RBA will raise rates in future, you may want to consider investing in floating rate bonds; here we suggest some attractive options
Opinion
Investors typically care more about how much income they will get and how much risk they have to take as opposed to which asset class. Here are some options for Australian income seeking investors
Week in review
Prior to the RBA media release, 60% of analysts were predicting the cash rate would be cut yesterday. However, in common with the previous month when the RBA cut the cash rate, the majority were wrong. The RBA announced that it had instead decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.25%
Opinion
On Tuesday, interest rates were cut for the first time since August 2013. This cut reduced the official rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, a record low since the RBA gained independence and started targeting inflation in the 1990s
Opinion
With economists forecasting rate cuts to never before seen levels this article discusses how best to adjust your portfolio.