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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... above 1,100 after hovering around that level for the past month. Stocks pared some of their gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said policymakers would monitor the dollar while at the same time repeating that the Fed would hold interest ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... the fed funds rate from a low of 1.0 per cent in 2004 to 5.25 per cent by mid-2006. Remember former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's head scratching 'interest rate conundrum'? It appeared that there was no stopping the Dow from running far ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... direction, which in many years passed, have been made for their own benefit. In the words of former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, "I don't know how we accommodate ourselves to it...You cannot be dependent upon these (emerging) countries for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... healthy. Meanwhile, a private sector group's forecast of economic activity on Monday further validated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's pronouncement last week that the US recession was "likely over" from a technical standpoint. The Conference ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... is underway in major economies. US industrial production data, merger and acquisition activity and US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments a day earlier that the US was out of recession all fuelled the positive sentiment. London's benchmark ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... California conference. The tone was similarly positive at the Brookings Institution in Washington, with US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declaring that, "The recession is very likely over at this point." But he was not making 'a lot of money' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... for Clunkers" program that boosted auto sales, but also from spending on a wide range of other goods. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comment that the recession "is very likely over" also appeared to help the mood as investors reflected on the ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... wave the white flag as the thundering herd forces them back into hibernation. The "Maestro," former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted overnight thinking out loud that the recession may be close to ending as he expects growth to reach ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... Roubini came out last week declaring that the US recession will end this year. He is now line ball with US Federal Reserve Chairman Benny Bernanke's prediction for the recession to be over "probably this year." We are five months away from the end of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... closed on Tuesday with modest gains from choppy trade as the market weighed improved earnings reports and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's cautious comments about economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 67.79 points, or 0.77 ...