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Videos
Personal & Car Loan Star Ratings
CANSTAR CANNEX unveils the latest personal loan and car loan star ratings on Channel 7's Today Tonight.
Recession Busters - Credit Cards
Today Tonight interview with CANSTAR CANNEX about some of the best credit cards available in Australia.
Fixed VS Variable Home Loan Rates
CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on ABC news segment on whether to go fixed, or stay with a variable home loan interest rate.
Articles
Debt Consolidation - Personal Loan or Credit Card? |
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If your debt is out of control or you simply want to better manage your finances, should you get a personal loan or do a credit card balance transfer? We do some calculations to answer this question. |
Cash? What's that? |
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Gone are the days of, heaven forbid, actually saving up for a purchase. The consumer credit society is well and truly entrenched. But where does that leave us? |
New way to fill up - epump |
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epump allows drivers with a Woolworths Everyday Money credit card to instantly pay for petrol at the pump by waving their card over the epump reader. |
Drowning in credit card debt? Consider a balance transfer |
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Hunting down a better rate and doing a credit card "balance transfer" could be the first step towards debt-free living. |
Big Brother to Squash Predatory Lending |
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The end of the road is nigh for any lender who now pushes credit onto vulnerable consumers. |
Margin call - what's the chance? |
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A year ago, the odds of receiving a margin call were 1 in 10 over a 12-month period. Not surprisingly, the odds have now dramatically shortened to 1 in 100 every day. |
Margin loan profit only 3% growth away |
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If we are anywhere near the bottom of the market, then now is the time to start considering whether margin lending offers one of the better routes towards wealth creation. |
Tax Time: Pay down or pay interest up front? |
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Following this roller coaster year many investors with margin loans are picking up the pieces in readiness for the next hurdle – tax time. |
Swine Flu could affect your insurance |
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Prospective travellers are urged to check their insurance before setting foot outside Australia, as the impending Swine Flu pandemic could leave them out in the cold. |
What to expect when you meet with a financial planner |
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Seven steps and a checklist to help you get the most out of the initial meeting with a financial planner, and subsequent meetings. |
Cash is King - Cash back and gift card rewards prove popular |
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Recently we have seen huge popularity and extensive choice of simple rewards – cash back or shopping voucher rewards. These rewards provide cardholders with a simple means of redeeming rewards points for easy-to-use vouchers, or even "cash" credited straight to their account. |
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What's New - Reviews of new & interesting products
Flexible low-rate home loan from Westpac
Westpac Flexi First Option Home Loan, with its low interest rate and range of options may suit home buyers who like the idea of being able to access features they may need later on, paying only for those features when used. Read more ...
ING DIRECT Term Deposits for DIY Super Funds
ING DIRECT provides a safe DIY Super investment with guaranteed returns, for greater peace of mind. Read more ...
Westpac does it again
Jun 2009: Despite the challenging lending environment, Westpac has reinforced the outstanding support it continues to offer first home buyers by taking out back-to-back First Home Buyer Awards.
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First Home Buyer Awards Revealed on Sunrise
Jul 2009: Personal & Car Loan Star Ratings
Credit card sin has turned out to be the personal loan's saviour. It is obvious that while the personal loan is no longer the main lending product it once was, there is definitely a place for it, particularly in tough times.
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May 2009: Credit Card Star Ratings
Big brother to squash predatory lending
We rate 171 credit cards from 77 different lenders. New credit licensing laws are also under the microscope as we see the end of the road for any lender who now pushes credit onto vulnerable consumers.
May 2009: Margin Lending Star Ratings
Tax time: Pay down or pay interest up front?
Last November’s star ratings report illustrated only too painfully how the huge stock market falls of 2008 impacted investor loan-to-value ratios (LVRs). In simple terms, this is the amount of the loan compared to the value of the security. Following this roller coaster year many investors are picking up the pieces in readiness for the next hurdle – tax time.
Apr 2009: Innovation Excellence Awards
From a savings account all your friends can use on Facebook or MySpace to health insurance that actually pays you to stay well, innovative products and services keep rolling onto the market from the banking and insurance sectors.
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Apr 2009: Credit Card Rewards Star Ratings
Recently we have seen huge popularity and extensive choice of simple rewards – cash back or shopping voucher rewards. We found that the card giving the most money back is the Myer Visa if you spend either $12,000 or $24,000 per year on the card. Westpac's Altitude Platinum Rewards AMEX returned the most in the higher $60k annual spend level.
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Apr 2009: Online Share Trading Star Ratings
Online share trading under the microscope
In our first online share trading star ratings, we cut through the confusion to rate what matters to traders. CommSec performed strongly across all three categories nationwide to take the overall award for Online Share Trading – Best Value Australia.
Interest Rates
2 Jun 2009: The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate at 3%.
Twitter Updates
Stop the press! We are now on Twitter. Follow our Head of Institutional Services, Richard McClelland, for the latest happenings here at CANSTAR CANNEX. Or follow our new product and interest rate updates.
CANSTAR CANNEX In The News
18 Jun 09: Plastic less fantastic as credit card use falls (WA Today) |
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"A senior analyst with financial researcher Canstar Cannex, Harry Senlitonga, said the RBA data showed Australians were switching from credit cards to debit cards to make their payments." |
17 Jun 09: Off to a flying start (SMH) |
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"An analyst at Canstar Cannex, Peter Arnold, says the Woolworths program is a good-value shopping voucher scheme. Canstar Cannex rates such programs on the value of vouchers that can be redeemed for given levels of spending." |
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