Rick Maggi 6 May 2024 Interest Rates, Market Wrap, Market/Economic Update Rate reprieve... Rick Maggi 6 May 2024 Interest Rates, Market Wrap, Market/Economic Update Last week markets were relieved the Fed chair Powell played down the risks of another rate hike…
Rick Maggi 15 February 2024 2024, Economics, Market performance, Market Wrap, Market volatility, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Westmount Financial Investment outlook Q&A... Rick Maggi 15 February 2024 2024, Economics, Market performance, Market Wrap, Market volatility, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Westmount Financial Recession risks, rates and inflation, valuations, geopolitics, the US elections and Swiftonomics…
Rick Maggi 6 February 2024 Interest Rates, Westmount Financial RBA holds cash rate at 4.35%... Rick Maggi 6 February 2024 Interest Rates, Westmount Financial Another reprieve for mortgage holders…
Rick Maggi 29 January 2024 Market Wrap, Market/Economic Update Economy: Too good to be true? Rick Maggi 29 January 2024 Market Wrap, Market/Economic Update Economic data over the holiday period remained solid - too good to be true?
Rick Maggi 5 December 2023 Inflation, Interest Rates Interest rate hikes on pause... Rick Maggi 5 December 2023 Inflation, Interest Rates Borrowers get a reprieve today…
Rick Maggi 27 November 2023 December rate risk... Rick Maggi 27 November 2023 This Monday’s economic/market update from Betashares’ David Bassanese…
Rick Maggi 30 October 2023 Interest Rates, Inflation, Westmount Financial Fed to hold... Rick Maggi 30 October 2023 Interest Rates, Inflation, Westmount Financial This week’s market summary from Betashares’ David Bassanese…
Rick Maggi 28 October 2023 Interest Rates The next bet on interest rates... Rick Maggi 28 October 2023 Interest Rates More hikes on the way?
Rick Maggi 7 March 2023 Interest Rates RBA makes March rate call... Rick Maggi 7 March 2023 Interest Rates The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced a 25 basis point increase on Tuesday, lifting interest rates to 3.60 per cent — their highest level since May 2012…
Rick Maggi 4 October 2022 Interest Rates Rate hikes slow a little... Rick Maggi 4 October 2022 Interest Rates The RBA has increased its cash rate again but slowed the pace to +0.25% which took the cash rate to 2.6%.
Rick Maggi 6 September 2022 Interest Rates Cash rate up again... Rick Maggi 6 September 2022 Interest Rates The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced another 50 basis points (bps) rate hike, taking the official interest rate to 2.35 per cent.
Rick Maggi 2 August 2022 Interest Rates, Inflation Will the cash rate peak sooner than many expected? Rick Maggi 2 August 2022 Interest Rates, Inflation Five reasons why the cash rate will likely peak with a 2 in front of it rather than a 3 or more…
Rick Maggi 8 April 2022 Budgeting The value of having a budget... Rick Maggi 8 April 2022 Budgeting The rising cost of living is on everyone's mind. Here's why having a budget could help get you through the tough times ahead…
Rick Maggi 2 February 2022 Interest Rates, RBA Bond buying comes to an end... Rick Maggi 2 February 2022 Interest Rates, RBA The Reserve Bank ends quantitative easing but remains “patient” on rates. First rate hike expected in August (AMP)…
Rick Maggi 5 November 2021 Interest Rates, Inflation Slowly removing monetary stimulus is more good news than bad... Rick Maggi 5 November 2021 Interest Rates, Inflation The march of central banks towards tighter monetary policy has stepped up over the last few months. Is this such a bad thing?