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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... other manufactured goods. Mr Ive said the market this week would focus on a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. In Australia on Tuesday, Reserve Bank ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... next 10 years," he said. US equities rose overnight with Wall Street posting 4% gains after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed would keep US interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" for at least the next two years. In a statement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... Ordinaries index dropped 21.9 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,561.3. NEW YORK - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that dimmed hopes for a third round of bond-buying pushed stocks lower. In a second day of testimony, Bernanke told congress ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have been debating whether to increase ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... lower at 4,493, with 15,422 contracts traded. US stocks closed lower on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke offered a bleak outlook on the struggling economic recovery and slashed half a point off its estimate of gross domestic product ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... profit-takers descended on the share market, pushing the bourse to a 12-week low after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke cast doubt on the strength of American economic growth. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.5 points lower, by 0.64 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... per cent, to 4,641.1. NEW YORK - US stock markets gave up all their gains on Tuesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed a gloomy picture of economic growth just 15 minutes before the closing bell. A buoyant day turned into the fifth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... game today." Investors will look for indications on the future of US monetary policy when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke makes a press conference overnight. At 1204 AEST, metal recycler Sims Metal Management had surged 94 cents to $17.62 after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... per cent, to 4,995.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed Wednesday, shrugging off Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress and merger and acquisition activity in the stock exchange sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... 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 markets ...