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You lose, simple. But (in the Western world) one example in 50 years does not a pattern make. This is the last 60 years, where is the smart money do you think? Year Mar Jun Sep Dec Annual 2010 2.8881% 3.0539% 2009 2.4661% 1.4581% 1.2613% 2.1084% 1.8201%...

Put $100,000 in the bank Make 6% interest, $6,000 Pay 31.5% tax, left with $4,110, so you now have $104,110 in the bank. Of course with inflation at 3%, you need $103,000 just to buy what you could have 12 months ago. So you have made $1,110. Well done, very good, very safe...

It is happening a little bit. Until the last few months banks like Bankwest had priced 95's at over 7% and still had loans for 90% and less at 6.7/6.6 or so. Homeside (Powered by NAB...) has a product at 6.47% for lvr's of 75 or below, which is .1 cheaper for them, and pretty much .2 or .3...