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25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... to the RBA, money is for 25 basis points to win and an outside chance of 50 bps beating it to the post. According to Bloomberg, the odds that the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise interest rates by 25 bps on Melbourne Cup Day is 100 per cent proof. ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... concrete conclusions about US third quarter earnings, but the signs are there...and they are positive. According to Bloomberg, 34 of the 41 US companies that reported earnings since 7 October beat market expectations. That's an 83 per cent hit rate! ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... continues to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as US$0.9228. This is still off the US$0.9786 reached ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Just a day after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time." A similar refrain from President Obama when he told his Bloomberg interviewer that he doesn't "think we're out of the woods yet... "What we have to be careful about is taking the crutches away ...

Packer cuts Challenger ties

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... Friday. In response, Challenger replied: "It has come to our attention this afternoon [Friday, 4 September], through Bloomberg, that a trade of approximately 122,000,000 shares was reported. "It was subsequently confirmed that the seller of the shares ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... finding reasons why the rally that started in March would mark time. To explain Wall Street's down move for instance, Bloomberg quoted a US fund manager saying, "The future for the banks is not as muddy as it was two quarters ago, but it's still not ...

Don't let the bears out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... the past few months. Too, businesses and consumers are growing more confident by the day. So has investor sentiment. Bloomberg's Professional Confidence Survey show investors anticipate equities to rise in seven countries -- Brazil, Italy, UK, France ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009