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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... mostly gained following more conciliatory statements by Russia's president amid the Ukraine crisis and the Federal Reserve chair's Congressional testimony. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 5,448. ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... mother Janet Yellen comes to me, speaking... In case you've forgotten - 'twas only two months ago when US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen declared in her first-ever testimony that "a notable change in the outlook" for the economy and the labour market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... lifted 108.88 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 16,331.05 points. Investors put aside Wednesday's comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the timing of interest-rate hikes and focused on jobless claims data and manufacturing figures that both ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Financial reports now talk of investors re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen wants them to understand. If only they followed Janet's advice and read the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Australian market on Thursday more than one per cent on the prospect of higher interest rates in the US after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said a rate hike may begin "around six months" after the Fed's stimulus program ends. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... trading lower after the United States Federal Reserve flagged an interest rate rise in 2015. A remark from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated the rough timeframe for an interest rate hike, which was sooner than investors had expected, causing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... rallied as investors responded to encouraging results from several retailers and analysed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,420. Yellen, told the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... looks set to open lower following a flat performance on Wall Street with investors mostly tentative ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony in Congress. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 15 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... $42.68 and Woolworths Limited was up eight cents to $34.84. Meanwhile, US stocks opened higher after new Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress she has no plans to change monetary policy set under predecessor Ben Bernanke.