Investments
Asset class - cash
Asset class – cash
Cash includes various products such as bank accounts, cash management trusts or the cash you have in your wallet/purse.
Generally, cash is the easiest investment to withdraw monies from and add monies to. Cash does not produce a capital growth component.
Depending on your account type with a financial institution, you may receive an interest amount on your balance.
Interest rates are generally shown as percentages per annum (% p.a.). To calculate the amount of interest you will earn in dollars, you need to know:
- how much is invested;
- what the interest rate is; and
- how long the money will be invested for.
For example if you have $1,000 invested for 1 year at an interest rate of 5% p.a., your interest received would be:
$1,000 x .05 x 1 year = $50.
The Government currently guarantees the capital of deposit balances up to and including $250,000 per customer per institution if invested with eligible authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs).
