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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... he said. US stocks closed higher after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the economy to Congress and said the Fed would act if the situation gets worse. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 12,805.54, gaining 78.33 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... YORK - US stocks have closed higher after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the economy to Congress and said the Fed would act if the situation gets worse. Trade was volatile as investors appeared to shrug off Bernanke's ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... with us. Unfortunately, we won't see any significant improvement in the US labour market until after the elections and Congress jumps over the fiscal cliff -- not even if Uncle Ben announces a kinder surprise in between. =========== You can read Ben ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... More so given Bloomberg's news that American companies "have started to delay recruitment and investment on fears that Congress won't act to stop the $600B of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes that are due in January." Yes, more than Europe, America ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... leading the declines this morning," he said. Mr Bernanke kept all policy options open when he testified in front of the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee. "If we decide that further action is required, then, of course, we have to decide what action ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Retail funds in ACTU's sights

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... to hit bank-aligned retail funds. The policy on retirement income and superannuation, due to be signed off at the ACTU Congress in Sydney this week, calls on the government to ensure funds disclose all related party transactions to members, including ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... in the economic data and the markets were cited. Respondents in both groups said they were keeping an eye on events in Congress and on the outcome of the upcoming presidential election." Guess we all have to wait until later tonight when the US non-farm ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... but only for a short while. And then the bigger macro dynamics assert themselves. Just last week Big Ben told the US Congress how. "Higher energy prices would probably slow growth, at least in the short run." They could "create at least short-term inflation ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... determination to push ahead with the reforms that they believe will improve investor protections, the Republican dominated Congress is not expected to support the legislation following passionate representations by the US Chamber of Commerce and sustained ...