Daily FNArena News

BullionVault’s Adrian Ash notes July-August can be a good time to buy gold given the metal tends to display a seasonal pattern.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with brokers continuing to revise commodity price expectations and as a result earnings and ratings for resource stocks.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Michael Gable of Novus Capital sees technical downside for CBA and an option strategy to exploit.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin looks heavenward, as chances for saving the US crop diminish.

Forex.com’s Chris Tedder explains why mining stocks were amongst the worst performers in Australia today.

With the household credit and asset price bubble now over, households have simply reverted to spending patterns of a generation ago. Meanwhile, retailers may at least be looking at some positive results this earnings season.

Goldman Sachs has initiated coverage on engineering and environmental services group Cardno with a Neutral rating, with valuation preventing the broker taking a more positive view.

This week is an options expiration week in the US and ATW’s Jerry Simmons takes a look at the euro and natural gas to see how they’ll fare.

With weak growth everywhere and a global economy redolent of policy, policy and more policy, BlackRock Capital fears the global economy may be headed towards stagnation.

Bentham Asset Management’s credit investment funds are returning 9-10% at a time when credit as an asset class has become forgotten outside of equities and/or cash and fixed income, despite a better risk/reward balance.