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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... night's session but fell back to close 0.48 per cent higher. The broad US gains were partly because of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's commitment on Friday to keeping interest rates low. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... gains on Friday, taking it to a new six-year high. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said comments by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen at the weekend were being interpreted as a sign that interest rates there will rise earlier than expected, contributing ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... social cohesion at threat, pressure on the central bank to respond invariably increases." The problem, according to Fed Chair Janet Yellen is: "The assessment of labor market slack is rarely simple and has been especially challenging recently. Estimates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... stocks closed mostly lower on Friday night following a cautious appraisal of the US jobs market by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and increased tensions over Ukraine at the Jackson Hole summit of central bankers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... market may weaken as the session progresses as traders prepare for a closely watched speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the Jackson Hole Summit. "It's been a positive open but I think we may see some caution as the session progresses ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... activity in the Eurozone and in China - as indicated by the latest PMI surveys - dented investors' optimism. Why? In a word, Janet. She got us babe. Investors are positioning, er, buying, ahead of Fed Chair Janet Jackson Hole address. US inflation data ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... July - and permits to build new single-family domiciles inched up by only 0.9%. Not too hot, not too cold. Just right for Janet Yellen to reiterate her interest rates would remain low for a "considerable period" address at Jackson Hole. Wall Street's ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this coming Friday - not to show off his Italian suit and shoes or brag that he could be the next Italian President ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... growth was being debated (polar vortex or not?) and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick makers were waiting for Ms. Janet to talk and tell them whether taper continues or not. Going back farther down memory lane we find that this 2014 high is ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... one week to the next anyways. But should this be the start of a rising trend, it would stall the Fed. So what's the worry? Janet Yellen would be singing Cher's, "babe, I got you babe". Speaking of stall, that's exactly what the bad news on the Eurozone ...