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China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this coming Friday - not to show off his Italian suit and shoes or brag that he could be the next Italian President - ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... to the next anyways. But should this be the start of a rising trend, it would stall the Fed. So what's the worry? Janet Yellen would be singing Cher's, "babe, I got you babe". Speaking of stall, that's exactly what the bad news on the Eurozone is - its ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... be shot if the markets sell-off because one or all these scares eventuate. The Fed might even 'untaper' instead. Janet Yellen won't simply let it happen. The bond market knows this. Despite the 'scary' 2.0% fall in the S&P last Thursday, you have to ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... is, don't you think? And if a "significant correction" does indeed materialise, it would start (according to the Janet Yellen Fed) in "smaller firms in the social media and biotechnology industries" whose "valuation metrics... appear substantially stretched". ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... confirm that outlook." He said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in ...

Yellen yawn turn to Yellen yikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... rhetoric of days gone by - when she delivers her semi-annual testimony on US monetary policy before the US Congress. And Janet Yellen didn't. We've heard it all: "Although the economy continues to improve, the recovery is not yet complete." "Our evaluation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... "appear substantially stretched". The report was released in conjunction with congressional testimony by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who said the central bank could implement interest rate increases "sooner and be more rapid than currently envisioned" if ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... confirm that outlook." He said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... or for as long as they could. The minutes of the Fed's 17-18 FOMC meeting reminded us of this and chances are Aunt Janet Yellen would repeat that now all too familiar refrain, "... that it likely will be appropriate to maintain the current target range ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... banks, and whether it backs up the recent increases in employment, housing demand and confidence. "(Fed Reserve chair) Janet Yellen's testimony before the US Congress this week will be of particular interest because the market is beginning to focus on ...