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The best place to park your cash now the RBA has cut again

The days of the term deposit as the only option for retail investors when it comes to cash are over, thanks to a whole new suite of exchange-traded funds.

Andrew Hobbs

Cash, the ugly stepchild of investments during COVID-19’s record-low interest rates, has been having a moment.

As central banks ratcheted up rates last year, cash suddenly became attractive. And when Donald Trump’s tariff assault upended the US bond market, even much-maligned term deposits were the talk of professional investors.

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Andrew Hobbs covers self-managed superannuation funds, financial planning, retirement and inheritance. He has been a financial journalist for more than 25 years, working previously at Bloomberg and Australian Associated Press.

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