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Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... "forward guidance" or in the present day forward guidance of forward guidance. Gone are the guessing days of former Fed chief Alan Greenspan. Recall his guiding message, "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realise ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... years. Reports put the odds of a lift-off rising to 80%. But after the strong US jobs numbers and overlayed with US Fed chief Janet Yelland's words to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee a day prior that... 100K is O-K, lift off is 100% on its ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
"One concern was that such a delay, if the reasons were not well understood by market participants, could increase uncertainty in financial markets and unduly magnify the perceived importance of the beginning of the policy normalization process." This ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... 156.20 points, to 4,813.80 as traders moved into undervalued stocks. Hong Kong and Seoul were closed for public holidays. Fed chief Janet Yellen said on Friday she expects to raise rates from historic lows "at some point this year", warning that a delay ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... scooped for an interview at the annual giant hedge fund Skybridge Alternatives Conference - SALT - held in Las Vegas. Ex-Fed chief Ben Bernanke was there, so is his sparring blog partner, John Paulson. Though they agreed to attend on the condition that ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... not about to rein in the economy any time too soon."" Are markets now becoming irrationally exuberant? To quote former Fed chief Alan Greenspan, "But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... 1.37 per cent to end the day at 4,507.24 compared with Wednesday's close. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were buoyed by the Fed chief's comments that the US is on track for solid growth in the second quarter and positive trade data from China. Markets took ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... rising anytime soon - not even if the unemployment rate crosses the threshold (6.5%) she dutifully signed on as vice Fed chief 14 months before. This appeared to have stirred the love for emerging markets... and so did the trade report out of China. ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... it also be that last night's rebound is beginning to stimulate investors' imagination that maybe, just maybe, fresh Fed chief Janet would ease up or stop or even unwind the QE unwinding (that is, increase asset purchases). More so if the volatility in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... bond-buying until the economy shows signs of a firm recovery. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose on hopes that prospective Fed chief Janet Yellen will keep the central bank's stimulus program in place, with Tokyo leading gains after third-quarter economic ...