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US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... expected would be shot if the markets sell-off because one or all these scares eventuate. The Fed might even 'untaper' instead. Janet Yellen won't simply let it happen. The bond market knows this. Despite the 'scary' 2.0% fall in the S&P last Thursday ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... that line is, don't you think? And if a "significant correction" does indeed materialise, it would start (according to the Janet Yellen Fed) in "smaller firms in the social media and biotechnology industries" whose "valuation metrics... appear substantially ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... December 2007 - from an already strong 86.4 in the previous month - the second highest since January 2008. Couldn't be Aunt Janet. She's expected to announce the Fed's continued benevolence towards you, I and Irene after the conclusion of the FOMC's ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... were 0.38 percent in 2009." It pays to buy the dips because the Fed is making sure that it pays to buy the dips. Would Aunt Janet reinforce this message again mid-week this week after the FOMC meeting? The short answer is, "presumably yes". On second ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... put smiles on the faces of may a-Wall Streeter. US inflation "is evolving in line with the committee's expectations," as Janet told us only a week ago. Annual headline inflation steadied at 2.1% in June from May and core inflation eased to 1.9% from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... figures to confirm that outlook." He said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial ...

Yellen yawn turn to Yellen yikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... rhetoric of days gone by - when she delivers her semi-annual testimony on US monetary policy before the US Congress. And Janet Yellen didn't. We've heard it all: "Although the economy continues to improve, the recovery is not yet complete." "Our evaluation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... biotechnology "appear substantially stretched". The report was released in conjunction with congressional testimony by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who said the central bank could implement interest rate increases "sooner and be more rapid than currently ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... figures to confirm that outlook." He said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... succour or for as long as they could. The minutes of the Fed's 17-18 FOMC meeting reminded us of this and chances are Aunt Janet Yellen would repeat that now all too familiar refrain, "... that it likely will be appropriate to maintain the current target ...