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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... investors are digesting all the news we've had this week," Mr Shamu said. "We've had (US Federal Reserve chairman) Ben Bernanke's comments the other night. There was a bit of euphoria yesterday when markets rallied across the board. "But at the moment ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Bernanke, houses and confidence (or the lack of it) sent many on Wall Street clicking on the sell button last night. It was them! They were the ones that sent a many on Wall Street clicking on the sell button last night. It was Bernanke. In an interview ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... strong run. They said the tone started out positive, with solid early gains made after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated on Monday that the US central bank's very low interest rate regime will remain in place for some time. His comments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... followed offshore markets higher in opening trade, with investors encouraged by signs from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 1013 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... cent and pushed past 105 US cents for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.38 US cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... closed at its highest level since the end of 2007. Positive comments from United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, including expectations that the unemployment rate would keep falling, helped Wall Street post its biggest gains of the year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... largest economy grew at an annual clip of 3.0 per cent in the final three months of 2012. And, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy had performed better than expected in recent months. European markets rose, lifted by gains for banking ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... "S&P 500 snaps four-day advance" (Bloomberg) and the Dow gave back its hold on 13K "after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke failed to signal fresh stimulus for the US economy." (The Age). Moi, I'm not only 'LOL' but 'LMAO'. In his semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... realised this. In his testimony before the US House of Representatives just a little over than a week ago, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke declared that "Even as fiscal policymakers address the urgent issue of fiscal sustainability, they should take care not ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... said China, South East Asia and increasingly India, remain extremely important for Australian business in 2012. "When Bernanke [Ben, chair of the US Federal Reserve] talked about the green shoots of recovery, he should have talked about bamboo shoots...even ...