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Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... This is if you believed yesterday's headlines that the cause of Wall Street's fall the previous day was because of Ben Bernanke's statement that, "the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain." US and European equity markets rebounded overnight. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... at 2,245.89 points. The gains more than wiped out the loss suffered a day earlier when US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke highlighted at a congressional hearing an "unusually uncertain" US economic outlook. Only 397 stocks fell on the New York ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... knock out punch with his words, "the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain." The printed text of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's Semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress contained 19 paragraphs and 2,419 words. How and why on earth did financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... per cent, to 4,428.7 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed sharply lower on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed investor fears that the economy has weakened. Stocks traded near the flatline just before Dr Bernanke began his ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... on speculation that the US Federal Reserve would provide more stimulus to the US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time).

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... the US Federal Reserve would step in and provide additional stimulus to the US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time). The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 75.53 ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... had been feeding on itself for months now. Although, he didn't say much that the markets already didn't know, Big Ben Bernanke may have provided this spark. "My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific." And there was ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
They love him, they love him not. This is what the financial markets' two-day love-in with Big Ben Bernanke appears to be indicating -- loved one day, ignored the next. Yes Virginia, although there's nothing new between his comments he made at the Woodrow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... broadly higher for most of the session, trading higher on relatively upbeat comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the economic recovery is gaining traction. But the market turned south in the final hour of trade, as declining energy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... two-day slump that sent the Dow down nearly 440. The market had a choppy rebound although Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke set the tone for the day by saying he didn't expect the economy to go back into recession. The Standard & Poor's 500 index ...