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Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... "...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... United States markets. He said investors may be sitting on the sidelines ahead of commentary from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday night. "The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) tonight release their commentary in terms of monetary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... well. "There are no companies in the top 20 that are not green." Markets took heart from comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke of the central bank providing more support the American economy if necessary, Mr Heffernan said. "His comments ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... friend) like Ben (a friend) like Ben." -Michael Jackson Have no fear, Ben is here! This is the message US Federal Reserve Chairman Big Bernanke delivered to the financial world at the Fed's annual monetary symposium held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on 27 ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... of nervousness ahead of this big GDP number they (the US) have got tonight and Bernanke's speech (US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke)," Mr Potter said. "I think a lot of people are taking money off the table." Mr Potter said the expectations for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... 2.68 per cent, at 2,245.89 points. The gains more than wiped out the loss suffered a day earlier when US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke highlighted at a congressional hearing an "unusually uncertain" US economic outlook. Only 397 stocks fell on ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... time to review my US economic and financial market history, prodded by CNBC's interview with former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the 1st of July. This is what the Maestro had to say, " What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... markets are waiting on the sidelines for the really big event - at least for this week. And this is US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's semi-annual testimony on the US economy and interest rates before the House Financial Services Committee and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... end at 4,533. NEW YORK - US stocks finished lower, but recovered from early losses in reaction to US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's plans to dismantle the central bank's economic supports. Dr Bernanke was due to appear before a House of Representatives ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... the fed funds rate from a low of 1.0 per cent in 2004 to 5.25 per cent by mid-2006. Remember former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's head scratching 'interest rate conundrum'? It appeared that there was no stopping the Dow from running far ...