Personal loan news and articles
22 Nov 2007 - Michael Fingereth
Investors may have a fairly quiet end to the federal election week, with little local economic data scheduled, while equity markets could make a run higher following expectations of a recovery in the US after the Thanksgiving Day Public Holiday.
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21 Nov 2007 - Damon Rasheed
The big news for the week was BHP Billiton’s long-awaited takeover offer for rival Rio Tinto. BHP is the largest miner in the world and Rio is the third largest. BHP proposed offering three of its shares for every one Rio share. The Rio board rejected the all-share proposal as too low. Rio shares closed up 15% at $130.90 with BHP closing down at $42.47.
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15 Oct 2007 - Michael Fingereth
The Macquarie Fusion Funds are investments that provide you with the opportunity to gain exposure to a broad selection of equity investments, with the ability to borrow 100% of your investment amount and protect 100% of your capital.
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15 Oct 2007 - Damon Rasheed
Running your savings and transaction accounts can be a tricky business that can either cost you a small fortune as regular bank fees add up over time, or for the savvy customer, can actually make you money.
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20 Sep 2007 - Sam Glasson
Many Australians do not know this, but if you have ever applied for credit (and this includes things like mobile phone accounts) you will have a credit report. This credit report is checked every time you apply for credit, and any errors on the report may impact your ability to get loans.
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18 Jun 2007 - Bryan Johnson
According to the most recent market surveys, new home buyers are still choosing standard variable rate loans over fixed rate loans in spite of recent reserve bank interest rate hikes. Due largely to the large discounts offered through professionally packaged loans, loans with some form of interest rate flexibility have proven most popular with investors over the past two years.
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10 May 2007 - Bryan Johnson
A margin loan is essentially a loan which enables one to invest these borrowed funds in shares or managed funds and hence achieve higher returns than those currently being achieved.
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