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KeyPlay Financial Services

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5333 5519

Address: 90 Main Road 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.keyplay.com.au

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25.01.2022 March 2015: Our Autumn Newsletter has been sent in the past few days (delivered by Australia Post). If you would like one - let us know.

25.01.2022 2nd September 2014: The Reserve Bank of Australia has today announced the outcome of its monthly board meeting. The RBA has decided the cash rate will stay on hold at 2.5%, continuing a period of stability in the Australian economy. AMP Capital’s chief economist Shane Oliver said the outlook for the economy has not changed significantly since the August board meeting, with the exception of a spike in unemployment. So no need to cut and no need to tighten, Mr Oliver said. Next rate will be up but probably not to mid-2015 by which time the US Federal Reserve will likely have started to raise rates and the Australian economy should be on a firmer footing.

25.01.2022 Wendy & Lori - our number one desk jockeys!

24.01.2022 KeyPlay Financial Services - we provide qualified, caring and honest advice in the pre/post retirement, Centrelink and aged care areas.

24.01.2022 10th December 2013: 15 Sleeps til Christmas! For any Christmas purchases - make sure you have the cash or aim to pay out your credit card in full on the day you receive it. Credit card debt is BAD debt! :-(

24.01.2022 7th May 2014: 6 days til the Federal Budget. Sounds as though it is going to be a Budget that will affect many Australians. It is a Budget that the country needs though to stabilise the boat. You cannot spend more than what is coming in. Simple financial fact.

24.01.2022 Cigarettes prices went up yesterday in Australia. It will now cost $7,000 per year for a packet a day smoker. Simply, why would you? That money can be better spent.

22.01.2022 23rd July 2014: The Australian sharemarket is at a 6 year high. The US market is at an all time high. Market volatility is at historic lows. If you haven't reviewed your investments recently, now is the time to do so. Contact us.

22.01.2022 4th December 2013: 21 sleeps til Christmas - believe that?! Too late for a Christmas Club account this year - BUT a GREAT time to start one for Christmas 2014!! You only need a small amount to start. DO IT!

21.01.2022 23rd July 2014: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed with the things you didn’t do rather than the things you did do. Mark Twain. Time to have your financial matters in order.

21.01.2022 19th December 2013: The US Federal Reserve announced overnight their decision to start tapering their Bond buying program from January 2014. They have announced a reduction in their US Bond Buying program of $10 Billion per month meaning they will only be buying $75 Billion per month. This will be the first step in the reduction program which will continue through 2014. No suggestion has been given as to when the Bond Buying will cease. Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernank...e said that the US economy was showing improvements but it hadn’t returned to normal as yet. The main message from an economic perspective is that it shows the US and the global economy is recovering and those that feared the world was retreating into another recession can be relieved of that fear. Good news!

18.01.2022 Hi: This week is a big week in Australian economic circles with the release of several key data reports, an RBA rate decision tomorrow and a speech from the RBA Governor on Wednesday. There is plenty happening offshore as well with the highlights to be the US non-farm payrolls data to be released on Friday (expecting another 200k+ jobs gain likely which may lead to interest rate rises in the US in mid 2015), the European Central Bank likely easing monetary policy again on Th...ursday to head off rising deflation risks and geopolitical tensions rising in the Ukraine/Russia. For all this, we see that financial markets are becalmed! The $AUD has traded in a narrow range between US92 to 95 cents for the past five months (as if nothing is happening(!)), while the VIX (the US Volatility Index) at 12 is not far off recent and all-time lows. (Low volatility is good for long term investors). No one knows when market volatility will turn up, but we know it will - one day! With the Northern Hemisphere Summer lull officially ending today with the US Labour Day holiday and macro economics/geopolitics in play, perhaps volatile market days are not that far away. See more

14.01.2022 1st October 2013: Australia's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low as accelerating housing prices outweighed a rebounding currency. Governor Glenn Stevens and his board kept the overnight cash-rate target at 2.5%, the Reserve Bank of Australia said in a statement today in Sydney. The decision was predicted by all 33 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News and markets had seen almost no chance of a reduction. Household sentiment has improved si...nce Tony Abbott's coalition won a Sept. 7 federal election and property prices surged to a record in response to the RBA's two-year easing cycle. At the same time, Australians are facing increased job insecurity as the sustained strength of the Australian dollar renders some industries uncompetitive. "The board is increasingly going to have to weigh the needs of the broader economy while monitoring developments in a housing market that continues to gain momentum," Saul Eslake, chief Australia economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Melbourne, said in a research report before the release. "The RBA could be frustrated at the latest rebound in the Australian dollar, but we believe that won't be enough, of itself, to prompt a further rate cut" at today's meeting, he said. The central bank may be hesitant to further stoke the property market. Home prices in Australia's biggest cities rose 3.7% in the three months through September, according to the RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index. That's been spurred by the 2.25% reduction in rates since late 2011. So that’s a good result for the health of the Economy at this stage.

11.01.2022 25th February 2014: Hi: The good news first: The Australian Stock Market (ASX200 index) has this morning scaled its highest intra-day point since June 2008, breaking through the peaks from October last year. The benchmark index climbed as high as 5461.7 and is currently trading at around the 5460 level up around 0.3% for the day hopefully on its way to posting its eighth straight day of gains. (Never count it until the bell goes at 4PM). Bad news: I have been a bit quiet ov...er the past week or so as I have been trying to fight the End of Summer viral illnesses! I can’t seem to win against a bronchial bout and Lori has copped a decent bout of something this week. So fingers crossed the doctors can get us back on track asap. Any tips are appreciated. Further News: Due to being below par the past couple of weeks, I have watched a bit of TV and for the first time My Kitchen Rules on Channel 7. Wasn’t it a good result last night to see the Captain and his first mate score the lowest score in the show’s history apparently at 27! The good things also is that with all the ads you can flick back to the football and keep up to date with what is happening there! See more

09.01.2022 10th December 2013: "Syndicate leader bashed as punters fear huge fleecing"! Betting funds of maybe up to $500m have just disappeared! The gigantic punting club (that was offering 25% returns) run by racing identity Bill Vlahos may have taken as much as $500 million from its 1000 members without laying any bets, Fairfax Media has learnt.... New details about the punters club, The Edge, emerged on Monday after a day during which Mr Vlahos was beaten up on his property and walked away from his BC3 Thoroughbreds horse racing empire. Administrators were called in to take over its operations. While powerless to take any action over The Edge, Racing Victoria stewards on Monday launched an investigation into BC3, which owns a string of horses including champion mare Black Caviar's $5 million half-brother ''Jimmy''. One of the key lines in the report was as follows: "'Some of the smartest and most sophisticated gamblers in Australia may derive 5% to perhaps 10% margin on profit in a very good year, so the promise of a 25% return must be total nonsense.'' Funds do not just disappear- I cannot believe that people fall for these sorts of schemes!

06.01.2022 4th Decemer 2013: The Reserve Bank has kept the official cash rate on hold at its last board meeting of the year yesterday. RBA governor Glenn Stevens said in a statement that current monetary policy settings were appropriate. But he continued to stress that the Australian dollar was "still uncomfortably high". "The board will continue to assess the outlook and adjust policy as needed to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation outcomes consistent with the target," ...he said. The local currency slipped a quarter of a cent after the statement was released, falling to 90.68 US cents just after 2.30pm.

02.01.2022 4th March 2014: The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the cash rate on hold at a record low of 2.5%. The central bank, which in February flagged a "period of stability" in interest rates, cut the official cash rate by 2.25% since November 2011 in an effort to stimulate the non-mining sectors of the economy as resources investment peaks. Economists had widely expected the central bank to stay its hand this month as it watches the impact of lower rates on the economy. The RBA ...moved to a neutral monetary policy stance last month, in part driven by a surprise jump in fourth-quarter inflation figures. The monthly decision by the Reserve Bank, the second so far this year, followed the release of a raft of economic figures yesterday and today, which together painted a mixed picture of the economy. Good news for home buyers, Not so good news for retirees. See more

01.01.2022 19th December 2013: 6 sleeps til Christmas. Put the credit cards in a safe place and do not look for them until Christmas is over! Do you know that on average - EVERY person in Australia - averages just under $1,000 added to the credit card at this time each year. That's for EVERY ONE. So some are spending up well hey?