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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... shares were down 0.5 cents, to $3.105. Meanwhile, US stocks edged higher the day before new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen gives her premier testimony to Congress, with attention focused on how she views recent employment weakness. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... looks set to open slightly higher following a mixed performance on Wall Street ahead of new Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen's first testimony to Congress. At 0832 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,170. ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
From this day forth, we'll all be trying to get inside that lady's head. Janet Yellen has just been sworn in as the new chief of that mightiest central bank in the world - the US Federal Reserve - but given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... decision in September surprised markets, it also normalised prices back to where they were before the taper talks. Janet Yellen's declaration at her confirmation hearing that she considers the economy and the labour market still operating below potential ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... as at October (the lowest level since 1978). We know that and incoming Fed Chairman (has she been confirmed yet?) Janet Yellen told us so in her confirmation hearing not even a month ago. "We have made good progress, but we have farther to go to regain ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... employment, inflation and corporate profitability. Employment. The latest ECI reading confirmed what we heard from Janet Yellen at her confirmation hearing. "Unemployment is down from a peak of 10 percent, but at 7.3 percent in October, it is still too ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... - cut, pasted and paraphrased into other headlines - do the digging for us. Not yet convinced that the Fed lady - Janet Yellen -- has sung the taper song (that there won't be any, at least this side of Xmas)? There's a gabfest of Fed speakers scattered ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after Federal Reserve chief nominee Janet Yellen bolstered expectations of the Fed keeping the flow of easy money. At 0752 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas, don't you think so Virginia? You, I and Irene have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Janet Yellen to thank for these. The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes may have only advanced a bit - 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively - ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Australian market looks set to open flat after international markets rose amid optimism prospective Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen will continue economic stimulus measures. At 0900 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...