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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Management that showed US manufacturing activity rose in March. Investors are also heartened by comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Monday that suggest no "abrupt" change to US monetary policy that has been supporting the economy, Hogan said. Finally ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... change of noun is all it took. Yes Virginia, by just changing the noun that followed the word "considerable", Fed Chair Janet Yellen put the smile back on many a-Wall Streeter's faces. Less than two weeks ago, Janet explained the considerable "time" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... kicked out of the G-20... yet). And this month, we got pessimism and optimism rolled up into one. Pessimism over Crimea and Janet's "considerable time" equals "... you know... something on the order of around six months or that type of thing". Optimism ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... 108.88 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 16,331.05 points. Investors put aside Wednesday's comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the timing of interest-rate hikes and focused on jobless claims data and manufacturing figures that both beat market ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen wants them to understand. If only they followed Janet's advice and read the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... market on Thursday more than one per cent on the prospect of higher interest rates in the US after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said a rate hike may begin "around six months" after the Fed's stimulus program ends. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... lower after the United States Federal Reserve flagged an interest rate rise in 2015. A remark from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated the rough timeframe for an interest rate hike, which was sooner than investors had expected, causing a fall ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... as 12 basis points overnight - before closing down 0.6% and up 10bps, respectively - spooked by the implication of what Janet Yellen said.... and that is, earlier and faster Fed rate hikes. While the FOMC statement offered few surprises - asset purchases ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... rallied as investors responded to encouraging results from several retailers and analysed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,420. Yellen, told the ...