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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... dealer Sam Willis said trading volumes were thin ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. The Melbourne Cup also was preoccupying investors, Mr Willis said. "Compounding that is (that) we've had a couple of good, strong days and ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Eurozone are expected to each produce interest rate reductions of 50 basis points. Tomorrow Australia celebrates Melbourne Cup Day - the 'Race that Stops the Nation' - at the same time that the US holds its Presidential Elections - the 'Race that May ...

Pass the paracetamol

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
As nabCapital's Robert Henderson puts it, "those post-Melbourne Cup day hang-overs are about to get a lot worse for mortgage holders", and there is still a good chance of more interest rate headaches over Christmas. The Reserve Bank of Australia in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... Ltd. The Australian share market staged a relief rally yesterday and closed higher, despite the distraction of the Melbourne Cup and weakness from the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 45.7 points higher at 6628, while the All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
Australian shares were higher at noon on thin trading because of Melbourne Cup Day. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 60.9 points higher to 6643.2, while the All Ordinaries was 52.4 points stronger to 6672.5. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia early next week. "There are expectations there could be a tightening on Melbourne Cup day... which will to a degree impact our currencies and some stocks that have US dollar-based earnings." In the US overnight ...

Raging bull in sub-prime abattoir

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... its highest since then. With inflation accelerating, it's getting harder to find an economist who doesn't believe Melbourne Cup day will bring an interest rate hike that will lift the cash rate to 6.75 per cent, with a further rise expected in the first ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Worse-than-expected CPI figures could crash the Melbourne Cup Carnival, while the Aussie dollar dances to the beat of the rate hike speculation. The trimmed mean consumer price index (CPI) figure rose to 0.9 per cent in the September quarter and consensus ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Hawke and 11 ministers were shacked up in Canberra's Hyatt, taking a break to hear 30/1 long shot Tawrrific win the Melbourne Cup. It would be interesting to know what the odds were of the real Berlin Wall coming down, which happened just two days later ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... the way, underpinned by strong gains on Wall Street. One stockbroker attributed the strong morning trading to the Melbourne Cup, with brokers and investors wanting to do all their business before the big race this afternoon. ABN Amro Morgans client adviser ...