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Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... Just right for Janet Yellen to reiterate her interest rates would remain low for a "considerable period" address at Jackson Hole. Wall Street's renewed ascent suggests that the betting on Janet is not whether she'll deliver a hawkish or dovish message ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... suit and shoes or brag that he could be the next Italian President - but more because as they walk hand in hand at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the super one would get a chance to pop the question in the benevolent one's ear, "was it good for you and would ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... further downward pressure on yields and lesser pressure not to taper. Finally, let me take you back to last August at Jackson Hole when emerging markets were also in the midst of turmoil. We didn't hear from Big Ben back then - he was a no-show - but ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... just take little ben's word for it. I call upon a greater mortal to explain. Over to you Big Ben. In his speech at Jackson Hole last 31 August, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke already expounded on this: "How effective are balance sheet policies? ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at Jackson Hole, will he now walk his talk -- ala Mario Draghi - and save the world? By now you would have read about the pieces of bad news ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... up last night. Two days to go - when the ECB meets - we'll find out for sure. Just like the days heading into the Jackson Hole, there'll be much speculating that'll go on until D-day. But while all these talks about "the coming" policy stimulus measures ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... would have read the various and myriad of interpretations to US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke' elocution at Jackson Hole. So far so good. Gauging from the financial markets' reaction - equity markets up, commodity markets up, Treasury yields ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... tempered by his picture of an economy that remains weak and vulnerable. In his speech at a central bankers summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Dr Bernanke warned that stagnation in the US labour market was "a grave concern" and signalled he would be pushing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... investors waited for a speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke at a gathering of world central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming over the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.81 per cent, the S&P500 slipped 0.78 per cent and the ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... and/or ECB bond purchases - until TGIF when us all will be allowed to peer at what's at the other side of the hole, Jackson Hole, that is. But while the headlines continue to be littered with negative stories about the European sovereign debt crisis ...