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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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen made upbeat comments about the American economy. US equity markets recovered some losses after Dr Yellen told Congress overnight that the US economy is on track ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
"Whispering hope, Oh how welcome thy voice..." Greenspan's done it. Bernanke did it. Now, Yellen's doing it -- the Fed put, that is. If you still doubt it, Virginia, just have a look at last night's trading action on Wall Street. Sure, there was some ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... fighting in east Ukraine to halt plans for independence referendums. Investors were also encouraged by Fed Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony to congress in which she said the US economy is on track for "solid growth" in the second quarter. Locally ...

Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... this would be so but now it's here... in black and white: In her speech before the Economic Club of New York, Aunt Janet Yellen told the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker and the high frequency traders that, "... economic conditions may, for ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... banks' promise to act if necessary to deliver sustainable growth. When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Janet Yellen comes to me, speaking... In case you've forgotten - 'twas only two months ago when US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen declared ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... last 19 March, didn't we Virginia? You know, that day the music (temporarily) died on Wall Street when they heard Janet Yellen say, "you know" blah, blah, "interest rate hike" blah, blah, "six months". The minutes contained no fresh news... they dropped ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Management that showed US manufacturing activity rose in March. Investors are also heartened by comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Monday that suggest no "abrupt" change to US monetary policy that has been supporting the economy, Hogan said. Finally ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... of noun is all it took. Yes Virginia, by just changing the noun that followed the word "considerable", Fed Chair Janet Yellen put the smile back on many a-Wall Streeter's faces. Less than two weeks ago, Janet explained the considerable "time" after the ...