The RBA has again decided to hold interest rates which means the cash rate has remained at 4.35% since November 2023. At the August committee last week, RBA governor Michele Bullock cited a slower than expected return towards target inflation as the reason to leave rates on hold. The most recent data show inflation sitting […]
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The demise of Dixon Advisory … a cautionary tale
The world of finance is no stranger to the cautionary tales of fear and greed. The recent collapse of one of Australia’s biggest financial advisory groups, Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services, is an unfortunate example of how greed and professional misconduct can have lasting and devastating consequences – particularly for individuals who place their trust […]
The power of zoom
I recently heard about a toddler who mistook his book for an iPad. He was found, a little frustrated, trying to ‘zoom in’ on the paper page. Many of us are accustomed to using the zoom tool to magnify text on a phone or iPad. Like the toddler, we often use it as a tool […]