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Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... continuing to grow with more than $8 billion in funds under management. Despite various saving options such as term deposits, mortgage redraw facilities, and scholarship plans, investment bonds' 10-year tax rule and "125 per cent" opportunity have increasingly ...

So much to do, so little time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... weather turbulent times in the housing market," he said. Notwithstanding this, the President proposed a system of tax-free bonds to help home owners refinance their mortgages, in a move aimed at calming household fears and reinstilling consumer confidence. ...

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... bias remains on interest rates going up. Steven's decision will be impacted by recent independent increases to variable mortgage interest rates by Australia's top five banks. But whether he thinks an immediate interest rate rise is warranted may depend ...

Retirees short on yield

... distance, these solutions can also provide long-term capital growth." Michael Hobbs In the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis, the report warned retirees needed to be wary of income producing investments as managers have re-engineered investment ...

Interest rates not the only monetary policy lever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... contribution rate by 1.5 percentage points," said a statement from the CFP back in February this year. While a 2.6 per cent mortgage rate compared to the 8+per cent paid by Australians is incredibly attractive, the cost for this low rate is that returns ...

Securitised assets get RAMmed

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
... fall-out. RAMS chairman John Kinghorn put paid to any speculation about the prospects of new business ventures for the failed mortgage lender when he told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting yesterday that the company was no longer a ...

Bear bargains and ambulance chasers

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... chasing, bargain hunters are gathering around sub-prime casualties. Bear Stearns, the second biggest underwriter of US mortgage bonds, suffered a stock landslide of more than 15 per cent and saw its third quarter earnings sink by 61 per cent after two ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... bonds. Also, Prime Television Ltd will launch its regional internet service iPrime, the second two-day annual Reserve Mortgage Forum begins in Sydney and in Melbourne, Mirrabooka Investments Ltd is to hold its annual general meeting. Day two of the four-day ...

Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... particular sector." Instead he suggested investors spread their investments across a range of securities including residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, government and corporate bonds. He reinforced his argument ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... irony of this market panic is that "the core economy of US banking system is just fine." Also as of last week, total US mortgage applications were up 3.4 per cent and new purchase applications were up 3.9 per cent. "In the past fortnight [US] mortgage ...