Daily FNArena News

Inflation and the world economy were reasons given by the RBA not to cut today.

The RBA today decided to leave its cash rate unchanged at 3.25%.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Oz defensives are expensive for foreigners, quality favoured, building material stocks considered, conviction list changes for the miners.

The need to grow via acquisition increases the risks associated with Retail Foods in the view of JP Morgan, the broker downgrading to an Underweight rating.

Michael Gable of Novus Capital believes an opportunity can arise to buy Coca-Cola Amatil at an attractive price.

The US election is stacking up to be a bitter and hard fought affair. FNArena looks at who’s likely to win and what the various road maps to the fiscal cliff and beyond will look like.

With buyers absent, increasingly urgent selling saw the spot uranium price fall 13% in the month of October.

A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.

This week ATW’s Jerry Simmons examines the implications of Friday’s Wall Street sell-off and support levels now in play.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates on the bulk metals markets and the outlook for lead and nickel, demand issues for silver and the potential threat for Australian projects from US LNG exports.