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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... Shanghai tumbled 1.52 per cent, or 30.75 points, to 1,992.65. Global equities rose this week after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers in Washington that the bank's $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying scheme would be kept in place as long ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... markets this question, there surely would be a chorus of "yes it was!" They're still basking in the afterglow of Big Ben Bernanke's comforting words. In fact 'twas so good the Dow and the S&P 500 closed at fresh record highs overnight. So deym excellent ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Dow member Intel. The new records followed a second day of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that came and went with no bombshells. Bernanke reiterated that the Fed plans to scale back its bond-buying program, but only ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's reassurances on the tapering of US stimulus measures. In his testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke said the Fed would likely scale back its $US85 billion-a-month ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... doesn't get any clearer than this! It's crystal! No more communications breakdown. No more failure to communicate. Big Ben Bernanke has delivered! While it's mostly a reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us since ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said tapering of stimulus measures was not on a "preset course". In testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke reiterated that the Fed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... lower, after Wall Street snapped a three-day streak of records as investors looked ahead to Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down six points ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or in our case, how many times must Ben Bernanke retell his reiteration of his repetition about his thoughts on this whole tapering business before financial markets finally ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... we come! Nobody can deny that the Australian stock market's recent run of positive performance had been sparked by Ben Bernanke's 11 July remarks that, "a highly accommodative policy is needed for the foreseeable future" - as it did all other equity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... gains, opening around half a per cent higher. This follows investors' positive reaction to US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on Thursday it would continue to pump money into the US economy. IG Markets strategist Chris Weston said the ...