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Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... was disrupted and... Janet's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee was postponed. Deym, I won't get to hear Chairman Yellen repeat her reiteration of Fed policy. While rationally rationale, there remains a nagging question at the back of my balding ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
So what happened? Why did the previous day's Yellen yay turned into a Yellen yawn last night? Profit-taking?A Perhaps. Then again, why oh why? Why wouldn't the denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's promise that monetary policy would continue and strong Chinese trade data. At 0850 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Woolworths Limited was up eight cents to $34.84. Meanwhile, US stocks opened higher after new Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress she has no plans to change monetary policy set under predecessor Ben Bernanke.

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... and many other indicators of labor market performance." She may be keeping policy steady as she goes, but Fed Chairman Yellen had to swerve on forward guidance. Go back to January's FOMC statement (Bennie's last and which I'm sure she signed on). It's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street after new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's Congressional testimony appeared to reassure investors. At 0820 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... shares were down 0.5 cents, to $3.105. Meanwhile, US stocks edged higher the day before new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen gives her premier testimony to Congress, with attention focused on how she views recent employment weakness. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... looks set to open slightly higher following a mixed performance on Wall Street ahead of new Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen's first testimony to Congress. At 0832 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,170. ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
From this day forth, we'll all be trying to get inside that lady's head. Janet Yellen has just been sworn in as the new chief of that mightiest central bank in the world - the US Federal Reserve - but given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014