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Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... headlines - geo-political tensions haven't gone away, investors were just distracted by the feel-good speeches at Jackson Hole and S&P 500's climb to the 2,000 milestone - and if you believe Putin's gone an inch away from the Ukrainian border. To quote ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... equity markets, the Nikkei-225 index rose - up 0.5% -- on the first trading day immediately following the weekend's Jackson Hole summit. The Japanese yen weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan ...

Departing van Eyk execs to assist with handover

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
The three senior van Eyk asset consulting executives who announced their surprise resignations earlier this month, will stay on to assist with the transition, the company has confirmed. As first reported by Financial Standard; Jonathan Ramsay, Jonathan ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... literal one). That promise of almost eternal policy accommodation from the biggest central bankers in attendance at the Jackson Hole summit over the weekend pushed it up there. Certainly gives meaning to that Wall Street mantra, "don't fight the Fed"... ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... normalise interest rates? It's safe to assume that we could have heard a pin drop had the moderator of this year's Jackson Hole summit posed this question to the biggest and most powerful pooh-bahs - them who decides our economic and financial future ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... appraisal of the US jobs market by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and increased tensions over Ukraine at the Jackson Hole summit of central bankers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 38.27 points (0.22 per cent) to 17,001.22, the S&P 500 shed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... session progresses as traders prepare for a closely watched speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the Jackson Hole Summit. "It's been a positive open but I think we may see some caution as the session progresses just mainly due to the event ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... optimism. Why? In a word, Janet. She got us babe. Investors are positioning, er, buying, ahead of Fed Chair Janet Jackson Hole address. US inflation data -- headline inflation slowed to an annual rate of 2.0% in July from 2.1% in June with the core rate ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... Just right for Janet Yellen to reiterate her interest rates would remain low for a "considerable period" address at Jackson Hole. Wall Street's renewed ascent suggests that the betting on Janet is not whether she'll deliver a hawkish or dovish message ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... suit and shoes or brag that he could be the next Italian President - but more because as they walk hand in hand at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the super one would get a chance to pop the question in the benevolent one's ear, "was it good for you and would ...