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Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
If you've placed a bet on last week's Melbourne Cup - and lost - poor you. But while "the race that stops a nation" has come and gone, we're only a few sleeps away from the race that could stop the world. Clinton and Trump's race for the White House ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
You can bet the house on your favourite steed come 1 November, Melbourne Cup Day, but not on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shaving another 25 basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
The nation stops today - Melbourne Cup Day and RBA decision day. I don't know which bet's an easier pick, choosing the winning horse where there are equines a-plenty to bet on or the RBA's decision on interest rates where it's practically a coin-flip. ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is lucky. By the time Gov Glenn and his Board meets on Tuesday next week (3 November Melbourne Cup Day), the RBA would have the whole hog on what its bigger peers have done and/or are thinking.

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days before Vlad left for China. On 5 November - a day after the Melbourne Cup and one day before the ECB policy decision - the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) announced the end of its currency intervention ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... Australian share market is slightly higher following soft leads from overseas markets and as the nation prepares to mark Melbourne Cup day. US stocks finished flat due to mixed economic data while European equities pulled back overnight. The risk-off ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... It's that time of the year again folks, the first Tuesday of November, when the "Race that Stops the Nation' - the Melbourne Cup - meets with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision. I have lived in Australia (and Melbourne, at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower in a likely quiet day of trade on Melbourne Cup day and following poor performances on international markets. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... Downer EDI has its annual general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market on Tuesday enjoyed a strong finish on Melbourne Cup day, with the big miners leading the way. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.5 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 5,432. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... car sales website Autohome on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading volumes are thinner than usual because of the Melbourne Cup, while most economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia will leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent when it announces ...