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Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... 18-19 June FOMC minutes and the gospel according to Ben together, their message didn't really depart so much from Ben Bernanke's statement on the 19th of June. Yes, that one -- the one that sent jitters down the spine of everyone and their dogs. The ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 vaulted to new records following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's pledge to maintain the central bank's easy-money policy for the foreseeable future. At 0756 AEST on Friday, the September ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Australian stocks are higher after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated stimulus measures would remain in place for the forseeable future. Dr Bernanke sent markets alight on Thursday morning when he said the Fed would need to continue ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... thought the $US85 billion a month bond buying program should be wound up by the end of this year. US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signalled last month that quantitative easing (QE) could end by mid-2014, depending on economic circumstances, which caused ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... (GSAM) executive director of global fixed income Angus Bell. While recent comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke have signaled a possible tapering of quantitative easing before the close of 2013, the spectre of rising bond yields should ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... know? I hope the weekend has provided financial markets some breathing room to sober up and intelligently ponder what Ben Bernanke actually told you...I...and Irene. Wall Street finished in the black on the last trading day of last week's volatile trading ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... recovered after several lurches up and down throughout the day. Markets have been on edge since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Fed planned to taper its bond-buying program later this year. LONDON - European stock markets ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... 'we'll taper soon'." Sorry to spoil your immortal classic Frank (Sinatra) but "I love you" just doesn't apply to Ben Bernanke right now. Not with the trashing the equity markets, the bond markets and the commodity markets -- from New York to Rio and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... looks set to open sharply lower following hefty falls on international markets after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank may start winding back its stimulus measure before the end of the year. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... per cent, with a similar result from the broader All Ordinaries index. The falls follow comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke that the US central bank could begin winding back its $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying program some time later this year ...