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Analyst opinion is divided as to whether gold or silver offers the better exposure to precious metals as there are arguments for both.

Macquarie has upgraded Qantas to a Neutral rating as the broker sees some early signs of reasons to be more optimistic.

As the group’s traffic ramp up continues to fall short of expectations speculation is mounting Transurban could bid for ConnectEast but brokers don’t see any such move as imminent.

Exchange-traded funds have been blamed for extreme volatility in energy and food prices.

Westpac Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index has delivered a “stunning” result for July.

The Reserve Bank is still in an easing bias, guns at the ready, but a renewed threat is yet to materialise.

The RBA decided to again leave the cash rate at 3% this month.

QMastor is making good on its mission to be a little company that takes on the world.

Korea has indicated its intention to significantly increase its gold reserves as India joins the dollar-diversification drive.

The worst of the global downturn has passed and while Australia remains in relatively good shape any recovery here and elsewhere will be slow and fragile, ANZ says.