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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... for 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 ...

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
... opening bell. The S&P 500 index's strong open quickly gave way to weakness - falling by as much as 0.4% -- and then Fed Chair Janet Yellen spoke and "whispers a comforting word," or two... and then it was on, risk on! The S&P 500 closed 0.6% on the up. ...

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 ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... 53.7 in the previous month, with employment sub-component of the index perking up by 3.6 points to a 54.7 reading. Aunt Janet may have to wait another month - or two - to get her answer.

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... ok, maybe not that long but... long enough). More so, because it appears that the US economy is progressing the way Aunt Janet and her bunch of merry men foresee it. Recall Aunt Janet's words at the Economic Club of New York last 16 April: "... my FOMC ...

Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... that 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 ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... central 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 ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... statement 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... ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014