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Getting your head around the CDOs

Getting your head around the CDOs

David French | 2/03/2009 11:40:30 AM

This article was originally published as 'Getting your head around the CDOs' on p 15 in The Morning Bulletin on 26th Nov 2004.

Collateralised debt obligations (CDO’s) typically offer a relatively high yield, with some type of capital guarantee or superior credit rating. Many investors are attracted by this combination, and recently brokers have been having a field day selling CDO’s.

It’s different up here

It’s different up here

David French | 18/02/2009 3:24:44 PM

This article was originally published in The Morning Bulletin on 19th July 2001

Your success in investment markets ultimately depends on the quality of the information that you receive and how you act on it. You have to go the extra mile to get quality information when you live away from Sydney or Melbourne – otherwise you might be left behind. Ask plenty of questions to help make sure your advisor is firstly technically equipped to fill this void and, secondly, is competent in applying that knowledge.