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US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... what that reveals about the economy." This was the last iteration of "data dependent" you, I and Irene heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she spoke before the Providence Chamber of Commerce in Rhode Island on the 22nd of May about well... the "actual ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... points, to 4,813.80 as traders moved into undervalued stocks. Hong Kong and Seoul were closed for public holidays. Fed chief Janet Yellen said on Friday she expects to raise rates from historic lows "at some point this year", warning that a delay could ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... banks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal Funds Rate will be raised later this year, adding that the rises will be gradual. "She made it ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... ahead and show us those pearly whites. Let's rejoice for what that "Gal" who heads the Fed said over our weekend. Chair Janet reprised her song about the first quarter weakness was due to "statistical noise" and that the US economy would strengthen. ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... price index futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. Locally on Monday, OZ Minerals and Reef Casino Trust ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... intra-day trade before finally closing sharply unchanged. Either it doesn't know where to go next or is waiting for Chair Janet Yellen's yak tonight - who's unsure when to go. Ahh, but then she repeated and reiterated and echoed so many, many, times ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... instantly played in my head as soon as I read about what the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - the one that Fed Chair Janet Yellen was president of from 2004 to 2010 - just did. The San Fran Fed solved "The Puzzle of Weak First-Quarter GDP Growth"! ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... it's that, it's blah, blah and blah. It was only last week when the head honcho of all central bank head honchos, Madam Janet, told the world that equity market valuations are presently "quite high", and what do we get? We get the S&P 500 index closing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... ground in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. The ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... growth equals higher corporate profits equals higher share prices. Perhaps it's because of their lofty valuations. Aunt Janet even said so last night, that they are presently "quite high". But then qualified that, "Now, they're not so high when you compare ...