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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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... major banks, and whether it backs up the recent increases in employment, housing demand and confidence. "(Fed Reserve chair) Janet Yellen's testimony before the US Congress this week will be of particular interest because the market is beginning to focus ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... increase". Then again, if the majority of the 500 listed companies fail to beat this, I'll bet my right (eye)balls that Aunt Janet Yellen would and... she could. You, I and Irene were reminded again of this again last night with the release of the minutes ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... had a big fall like this was on 20 May... then it stopped and went up. Why? Because - whether or not he was sent by Aunt Janet - Fed Bank of New York President and FOMC voting member William Dudley told us that day that "the pace of eventual rate increases ...

Whitehelm Capital appoints chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... skills and relationships will benefit Whitehelm's future international opportunities and partnerships," Whitehelm chairman Janet Torney said. Whitehelm has a 16 year track record investing in infrastructure and a portfolio of 44 infrastructure assets. ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... these and punctuated by the firm anchor of the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). Moreover, there's also Fed Chair Janet Yellen's repeated assurances that the Fed would take a softly softly approach when the US central bank eventually decided to ...