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Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... happy trading the other day, does it not Virginia? Instead of the headlined the US economy is stronger now so, yes you can Janet. Do it... in September? Sure, sure. If so, then Wall Street would have rallied even harder while we when the first look at ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... rationales for the whys and the wherefores of September, October, November, December or March 2016. Nobody, it seems, listened to Janet's comforting words said many, many times before that the when is not important, what's more important is that the ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... sang for two consecutive days but "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse". The S&P 500 index fell all of 0.07% when Janet testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the 15th, but more likely than not this was due to the deadline ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... of 2015 on Fed lift-off speculations - they will, they won't this year. The latest rumour on the mill is that Fed Chair Janet Yellen would start before 2015 is over: "I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... "consequences" outside of the US that could come back to bite the US in the behind. Thanks Christine. That other lady - Janet Yellen - came back with, "you don't tell me how to run my show dear lady"! Well, she was more polite: "I want to emphasize ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... brings the Fed's finger on lift-off button closer. Note that the Fed's also watching the unfolding Greek saga. Fed Chair Janet Yellen told us so only last week. In her press statement after the conclusion of the 2-day FOMC meeting (16-17 June), Janet ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... 2,121.24. Analysts attributed the rally largely to Wednesday's Federal Reserve policy announcement and pledge from Chair Janet Yellen that the US central bank will raise interest rates from near-zero levels only gradually. "The key takeaway is that the ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... House of Representatives financial services committee." Thank you Yahoo News. And then there's this statement from Fed Chair Janet Yellen after the conclusion of their 2-day FOMC gabest: "...Greece and its creditors are faced with very difficult and ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... Wall Street stocks have risen after the US Federal Reserve kept its near-zero benchmark interest rate unchanged and Chair Janet Yellen pledged a methodical approach to raising rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 31.26 points (0.17 per cent) ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... monetary policy after a weak first quarter. Although the Fed is not expected to lift interest rates on Wednesday, Chair Janet Yellen could signal a move is near. Equity markets in France and Germany rebounded despite worries over a Greek debt default ...