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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... "appear substantially stretched". The report was released in conjunction with congressional testimony by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who said the central bank could implement interest rate increases "sooner and be more rapid than currently envisioned" if ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... and punctuated by the firm anchor of the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). Moreover, there's also Fed Chair Janet Yellen's repeated assurances that the Fed would take a softly softly approach when the US central bank eventually decided to raise ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... not doubting his guesses. You know what they say, "in a world of fools, the sane man is the fool". But Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the nine "voting" members of the FOMC are certainly no fools - dear James is a non-voting member. And only last week, they ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Spoken like a true bond man, eh? El-Arian seems to have covered all the bases. But it could also be that Fed Chair Janet Yellen's forward guidance -- that "a high degree of monetary accommodation remains warranted" and the FOMC would not be in a rush ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... 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. And why ...

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
... 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" after the ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... would fall to between 5.6% and 5.9% by end-2015, from 5.8% and 6.1% predicted in December. This, despite Fed Chair Janet Yellen herself telling you, I and Irene not to read too much into the "dot points" (the projections shown on a slide) because "These ...
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