Daily FNArena News

As the US fiscal cliff approaches, BlackRock weighs up the possibilities and suggests how the world should play the implications.

Foreign fund flows into Australian managed investment trusts have risen strongly since taxes were reduced leading industry personnel call for more incentives.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates on gold, oil and the US fiscal cliff, copper and met coal and the implications of Obama’s re-election.

While many argue China’s latest 7.4% growth rate looks overstated given other statistics, DBS Group argues it may actually be understated.

A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.

Both Orica and Incitec Pivot have reported full year earnings this week and this has allowed for some comparison, with the latter regarded as the better quality of the two results.

The depressed uranium price is holding Paladin down as African production ramps up..

FNArena’s weekly update on short positions in the Australian share market.

Lynas has raised capital to fund its LAMP project but given development risks and concerns over rare earth prices brokers remain cautious on the stock.

Analysts at UBS and Citi suggest coal prices could be supported by a seasonal demand boost.