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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... 'expert' analysis, "S&P 500 snaps four-day advance" (Bloomberg) and the Dow gave back its hold on 13K "after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke failed to signal fresh stimulus for the US economy." (The Age). Moi, I'm not only 'LOL' but 'LMAO'. In ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The rule is named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker who proposed the new restrictions as an attempt to protect the banking sector from excessive trading risk and ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... "Congress' intent to protect banking deposits from risky trading activities," they wrote in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and they have asked for the Volcker Rule to be rewritten and simplified. As if to follow suit, Fierce Finance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... joint session of Congress at 7pm (0900 AEST). Stocks moved lower in the afternoon following a speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Traders digested mixed economic signals on the health of the sluggish economy. Most of the Dow's 30 blue-chip ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... European stocks rallied on Monday following better-than-expected US consumer spending figures and hopes US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver if the economy needs another boost. Traders said Bernanke's speech on Friday suggested that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... cents by noon, buoyed by strength in equity markets as risk sentiment firmed following a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.15 US cents, up from 105.02 US cents on Friday. Since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... In Australia, the market on Friday closed down, ending a flat day of trading ahead of a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, which was scheduled for after the local market closed. S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points, or 0.30 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... back from early gains as nervous investors await further direction from offshore. All eyes will be on US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who is scheduled to give a speech after the local market closes. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... don't think I could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very second he open his lips to tell the central bankers gathered at Jackson Hole his thoughts on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... 5,000 to 417,000 in the week ended August 20. Mr Speizer said expectations are starting to wane that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce there may be a third round of economic stimulus. "There's a couple more newspaper article saying ...