Monday, September 12, 2011
It is likely the case that deposit rates will start to go into a downward move as the ECB drops its odds of raising rates and as banks seek to find margin (which they can do via lower deposits). This contrasts with the massive funding issues the banks are having (and the country for that matter!), but it is still important to see that a guaranteed 4% plus return is possible and on that basis locking away some cash is a good idea. The excerpt is below:
‘‘There is an argument to go out one year at 4 per cent,” said Karl Deeter of advisors.ie. ‘‘Locking it away is the downside. Rates are coming down, but banks might be so deposit-hungry that they keep savings rates up.”
Filed in Accountancy, Advisors.ie In the Press, Banking, Deposit accounts, Financial Advice, Investment
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Also tagged bank deposits, deposit broker, deposit statistics, irish bank deposit rates, irish deposits, which deposit rate
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Deposit accounts are one of the safest places you can put your money, the issue with them traditionally has been that they tend to under-perform versus alternatives with some risk (like stocks and bonds). But that doesn’t mean you should only ever opt for risk, a steadily increasing plain vanilla deposit account can make a big difference over time, indeed, it lead Albert Einstein to once say that ‘the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest’.
Conor Pope wrote in the Irish Times: “It is probably going to be the first of several moves but how close those moves come together and how aggressive those moves are is something that remains to be seen,” says financial analyst and mortgage adviser Karl Deeter. “Unfortunately there is only a lower limit on interest, there is no upward limit and in theory rates can go as high as they want to. If you look at our total number of mortgages and the number that are in distress versus where we probably should be, it is clear that thus far the low rates have has actually served us well and saved the country from having a much larger problem,” Deeter says.
Filed in Accountancy, Advisors.ie In the Press, Banking, Economics, Mortgages
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Also tagged brokers, conor pope, ecb rate hike, ecb rates, finance, irish times, karl deeter, mortgage, mortgages, tracker mortgages
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