Rick Maggi

2 March 2021

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates, Westmount Financial, Wealth Accumulation, Superannuation, Retirement

Rates remain unchanged...

Rick Maggi

2 March 2021

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates, Westmount Financial, Wealth Accumulation, Superannuation, Retirement

The RBA has left rates on hold at their effective lower bound of 0.1 per cent, saying, “The board remains committed to maintaining highly supportive monetary conditions until its goals are achieved.”

Rick Maggi

17 February 2021

Goal Setting, Inflation, Interest Rates, Investing, Investment Fees, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Strategy, Superannuation, Retirement, Wealth Accumulation

Let's talk about a market downturn...

Rick Maggi

17 February 2021

Goal Setting, Inflation, Interest Rates, Investing, Investment Fees, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Strategy, Superannuation, Retirement, Wealth Accumulation

It’s always the right time to talk about long-term investing, and now might be a particularly good time…

Rick Maggi

11 January 2021

Economics, Educational, Finance, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Investing, Interest Rates, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Superannuation, Wealth Accumulation, Westmount Financial

2021 Outlook...

Rick Maggi

11 January 2021

Economics, Educational, Finance, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Investing, Interest Rates, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Superannuation, Wealth Accumulation, Westmount Financial

Can investment returns hold up? Here is a summary of key insights and views on the investment outlook in simple point form…

Rick Maggi

3 November 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

RBA cuts rates to just 0.1% - but will it work?

Rick Maggi

3 November 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

RBA cuts rates to just 0.1% - but will it work?

Today the Reserve Bank has announced its cash rate decision for the month of November, moving in line with market expectations, cutting the official cash rate from 0.25 per cent to a new historic low of 0.10 per cent…

Rick Maggi

8 October 2020

Federal Budget, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Interest Rates, Investing, Pensions, Property, Real Estate, Small Business, Shares, SMSF, Stats, Strategy, Superannuation, Taxation, Wealth Accumulation

Federal Budget: What it means for you and the markets...

Rick Maggi

8 October 2020

Federal Budget, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Interest Rates, Investing, Pensions, Property, Real Estate, Small Business, Shares, SMSF, Stats, Strategy, Superannuation, Taxation, Wealth Accumulation

Federal Budget: What it means for you and the markets...

A detailed summary of Federal Budget 2020, and how impacts on you and the financial markets…

Rick Maggi

3 September 2020

Economics, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Interest Rates, Investing, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Newsletter, Real Estate, Shares, SMSF, Socially Responsible-SRI, Strategy, Stimulus, Superannuation, Trusted Advice, Wealth Accumulation

Market Outlook Q&A

Rick Maggi

3 September 2020

Economics, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Interest Rates, Investing, Market Risk, Market/Economic Update, Newsletter, Real Estate, Shares, SMSF, Socially Responsible-SRI, Strategy, Stimulus, Superannuation, Trusted Advice, Wealth Accumulation

AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver does Q&A (a worthwhile article)…

Rick Maggi

4 August 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

Rates on hold...

Rick Maggi

4 August 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

To no one’s surprise, today the Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate on hold….

Rick Maggi

2 June 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

Interest rates stay on hold...

Rick Maggi

2 June 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

Following two rate cuts in March, the RBA has kept rates at 0.25 of a percentage point for the third consecutive month, as it continues to support the economy weighed down by the coronavirus crisis…

Rick Maggi

5 May 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

Interest rates on hold...

Rick Maggi

5 May 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

The RBA held interest rates at 0.25 per cent today…

Rick Maggi

19 March 2020

Economics, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Investing, Interest Rates

Emergency interest rate cut (and much more)...

Rick Maggi

19 March 2020

Economics, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Investing, Interest Rates

Emergency interest rate cut (and much more)...

Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia unveiled a stimulus package of measures to “support jobs, incomes and businesses through this difficult period and they will also assist the Australian economy in the recovery.” Read on…

Rick Maggi

3 March 2020

Interest Rates

Markets rebound while RBA cuts rates...

Rick Maggi

3 March 2020

Interest Rates

Interest rates fall again…

Rick Maggi

4 February 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

Interest rates on hold (for now)...

Rick Maggi

4 February 2020

Event Driven Update, Interest Rates

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its first rate decision for the year 2020, announcing that it has held the official cash rate at 0.75 per cent…

Rick Maggi

3 December 2019

Interest Rates, Event Driven Update

Rates on hold

Rick Maggi

3 December 2019

Interest Rates, Event Driven Update

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has delivered its final cash rate announcement for the year with the decision to leave the rate unchanged at 0.75%.

Rick Maggi

1 October 2019

Interest Rates, Investing

Rates cut to a new low...

Rick Maggi

1 October 2019

Interest Rates, Investing

As widely expected, despite cutting cash rates to 1.25 per cent in June, and then again to 1.00 per cent in July, today the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today announced its third rate cut for the year, slashing an already historically low interest rate to 0.75 per cent…

Rick Maggi

27 September 2019

Strategy, Superannuation, Retirement, Investing, Interest Rates, Event Driven Update, Educational

Investment returns slowing...

Rick Maggi

27 September 2019

Strategy, Superannuation, Retirement, Investing, Interest Rates, Event Driven Update, Educational

More restrained investment returns predicted. Find out why…