MACQUARIE GROUP ORD
Battle for Deposits Heats Up as Interest Rates Fall
If there is one thing your bank hates to do, it is to pay you a high interest rate on your “at call” savings, which is why most banks and other savings institutions now put some really difficult barriers and hoops in the way of you earning their top interest rates. Some of them force […]
Want to buy some cut-price shares?
What would your reaction be if I told you I could get you some shares at a price that is significantly less than what they are actually worth? Well, most people would say here is a wheelbarrow, fill it up with shares but as always there is something of a catch. It is possible to […]
Banks are back as dividends rebound
The bank bonanza is officially back, with profits and dividends bouncing back strongly after the COVID-19 pandemic. Westpac (ASX: WBC) showed the way with a better-than-expected half-year cash profit which was up 256% from last year’s gloom to $3.5 billion, with the dividend lifted to 58c. More importantly, Westpac chief executive Peter King also outlined […]
Fortescue charged by WorkSafe, NAB invests in banking hub and BHP reports worker death
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has been charged by WorkSafe for failing to supply documents relating to 34 cases of alleged sexual harassment at three Western Australian mine sites. The incidents allegedly happened at FMG’s Pilbara iron ore mining operations – Christmas Creek, Solomon and Cloudbreak. The number of victims and offenders is unclear. FMG […]
