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RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Punters could enjoy a two-fecta today - the day when the Melbourne Cup meets with the RBA interest rate announcement - should the odds in their favour go. Odds-on are for the RBA to stay (on monetary policy) and Fioreno to win (the Cup). On the surface ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... point. And besides, recent history shows that the RBA doesn't necessarily kowtow to market expectations. Remember Melbourne Cup Day 2012? Markets were also so sure last month that the RBA would reduce rates because it has always moved interest rates ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million Oz Lotto draw got lucky - and may still be nursing ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... the official interest unchanged at 3.25% -- the first time in six years that it has maintained the status quo on Melbourne Cup Day - following yesterday's deliberations. Ahh yes, it'sthe world economy. While the RBA thinks that the "Risks to the outlook ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat in quiet trade as market players await a Melbourne Cup day interest rate decision from the central bank. At 1027 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,471.4 points ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... hey, they're doing right by their shareholders! Half an hour later, at 0300 PM, the race that stops a nation - the Melbourne Cup - runs and stops the Australian nation for a full three minutes and 20 seconds (according to racenet.com.au). Don't forget ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Stuart Smith said there would not be much life in the market over the coming days, ahead of the US elections and a Melbourne Cup day interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia. "We will be quiet until we can get through probably tomorrow ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... ECB, BOE, RBA monetary policy decisions. And oh, there's also a question mark on which horse will win tomorrow's Melbourne Cup.

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... WB's downgrade to the global outlook, has increased the odds that the RBA would deliver another rate reduction on Melbourne Cup day. It cannot afford to sit and wait while other central bankers debase their currencies -- that which erodes Australia's ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... after yesterday's oh so good inflation reading. So good that an RBA rate cut has become the odds-on favourite come Melbourne Cup Day. Financial markets now place a 96% probability that the Australian central bank will announce a 25 bps reduction on 1 ...