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Market turbulence prompts increase in SMSF set-ups

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 18 December 2008 | Category: DIY super

Battered and bruised...pretty well sums up how a lot of us are feeling about our investment portfolios right now. Maybe the one good thing the global economic crisis has done has been to jolt people into taking a more hands-on approach to investing. More >

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Some good news to report – Rabobank retains its AAA credit rating

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 | Category: RaboDirect

In a time of weakening economic indicators we had some good news in Rabobank recently. The ratings agency, Moody’s reaffirmed our AAA credit rating on November 28th. This follows on from Standard & Poor’s report on October 28th which also reconfirmed our AAA rating. More >

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When is the right time to get back into the market?

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 4 December 2008 | Category: Investing

Not surprisingly this was a question on everyone’s mind at our latest investor seminar on Monday evening. We had a great turnout at our Darling Park offices in Sydney and it was good to see some familiar faces amongst the crowd. More >

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Banks still gouging on rates?

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 4 December 2008 | Category: Savings

Joe Hockey, Opposition Finance spokesman, has unsurprisingly taken the opportunity to have a crack at Westpac and ANZ for not passing on the RBA’s 1.0% rate cut in full to mortgage holders. More >

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