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School's in for hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Duke University and Stanford. The top universities for MBA entry are New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Chicago, Harvard, with Stanford, Northwestern and Fordham universities tying for fifth place. However it's not as simple as attending ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... manufacturing survey rebounded by nine points to +3 in June from May - above zero manufacturing is expanding; and the Chicago Fed PMI soared to 61.1 - well above the 50 contraction/expansion mark. This is good news and provides a tangible reason for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... needed to stave off debt default and the Institute for Supply Management said its index tracking economic activity in the Chicago region had jumped in June, beating forecasts. LONDON - European stock markets extended strong gains on Thursday following ...

IMF elects new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... should be making their presence felt soon. In fact, we're already beginning to see signs of this. Latest data show that the Chicago Fed's manufacturing index rebounded 84.0 in May - the second highest reading in more than two years - from 83.6 in the ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... contrast with last night's activity on The Street where US equities jumped - big time - despite disappointing stats. The Chicago PMI dropped sharply in May. The Conference Board's May consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in six months. ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... America is losing momentum. And the rationales were selectively handpicked - jump in unemployment claims, disappointing Chicago and Richmond Fed manufacturing index, weak durable goods orders and falling house prices. And if that's not scary enough try ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... overly enthusiastic about tightening monetary policy too early." And to complete the trifecta, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President, Charles Evans commented that if a policy adjustment is needed because of rising commodity prices, it would only ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Fed's still maintaining its quantitative easing program. Juts last night, Bloomberg reported that Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans believes that, "Despite recent improvements to the outlook, we are not yet at that point" when "a ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... defected over to our bullish camp for the Fed's still got our backs. This is no better expressed than Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans when he told his audience in Rockford, Illinois that, "With unemployment too high and inflation ...