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Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... Then again, if the majority of the 500 listed companies fail to beat this, I'll bet my right (eye)balls that Aunt Janet Yellen would and... she could. You, I and Irene were reminded again of this again last night with the release of the minutes of the ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... and punctuated by the firm anchor of the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). Moreover, there's also Fed Chair Janet Yellen's repeated assurances that the Fed would take a softly softly approach when the US central bank eventually decided to raise ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... not doubting his guesses. You know what they say, "in a world of fools, the sane man is the fool". But Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the nine "voting" members of the FOMC are certainly no fools - dear James is a non-voting member. And only last week, they ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... markets after mostly ticking up on Thursday in response to the Fed's broadly upbeat outlook on the US economy and chief Janet Yellen's dovish comments on inflation. Her outlook that inflation will not get out of control raised the likelihood US interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... markets after mostly ticking up on Thursday in response to the Fed's broadly upbeat outlook on the US economy and chief Janet Yellen's dovish comments on inflation. Her outlook that inflation will not get out of control raised the likelihood US interest ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Who said you can't teach new tricks to an old dog? So sowee, I'm not in any way calling dear Aunt Janet Yellen a dog and most certainly not old... it's just that it's the first thing that came to my fast thinning scalp when I was clicking over what ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Spoken like a true bond man, eh? El-Arian seems to have covered all the bases. But it could also be that Fed Chair Janet Yellen's forward guidance -- that "a high degree of monetary accommodation remains warranted" and the FOMC would not be in a rush ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... lows versus Uncle Sam's money to date. That's right! That's because the Fed is not taking these moves lying down. Janet Yellen may have said a lotta things in her two-day gabfest to the US Congress last week but the bottom line is that taper is on cruise ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... solid growth in the second quarter and positive trade data from China. Markets took heart after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told Congress the US economy was on track for "solid growth" in the second quarter and that the stimulus taper would continue ...