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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... rose 1.04 percent to 4,283.91 points. Investors were cheered by dovish comments from Yellen, nominated to succeed Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve. In prepared remarks released in advance of her hearing before the US Senate, Yellen, the current ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... News Corp, to release financial results. The market would also be watching a speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday for indications of when the central bank would start to taper its asset buying program. Mr Daghlian said the ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... it out." In spite of a seemingly gigantic $85 billion a month asset purchasing program, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's first hint back in May that he would consider slowing the rate of stimulus was met with a sharp 100 basis point spike in bond ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... financial market world's returning to where they were before - I'd say before 22 May 2013. You know the one, the day Ben Bernanke testified before Congress and was asked if the Fed is "going to tighten by Labor Day?" The one that sparked the Fed taper ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... European stocks slid with news that President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen to replace Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke failing to offset jitters over the US budget showdown. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.44 per cent to close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... said confirmation US President Barack Obama would nominate Janet Yellen to replace outgoing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may also help stem the losses on Wednesday. The losses were spread across the market in early trade. Global miner BHP Billiton ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold the post in the institution's 100-year history, replacing Ben Bernanke whose term ends in January. President Obama is due to make the announcement at White House ceremony attended by Bernanke tomorrow ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... it, 'ey? It's Ben all around. This little Ben quotes soul singer and composer singer Ben to explain Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's influence on financial markets. The US government is officially closed for business. Not good for the butcher, the baker and ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... stimulus confirms how far these markets have matured since the GFC. In May through June this year US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke issued repeated none-to-veiled signals that the Fed was about to start tapering down its government bond buying program from ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed on investor sentiment, as it came only days after US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke had suggested quantitative easing would continue, Australian Stock Report senior equities analyst Benny Sada said. "That really ...