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The current market correction probably has some way to go yet, but gold should be heading for US$700/oz soon experts say.

Securities analysts believe Australian Education Trust provides a high yielding, low risk alternative to ABC Learning Centres.

Gold and silver have found a vacuum in the last two days as the US dollar has tried to reverse some of its slide. However, the bulls are not too fussed.

The latest GDP figures suggest the Australian economy is slowing, but inflationary pressures are likely to remain until capacity constraints are addressed.

Weekly musings from your editor.

According to the latest update by the ABS, the Australian economy grew by 0.3% (seasonally adjusted) in the three months to September.

A raft of measures is intended to deliberately slow the Chinese economy, and improve its quality.

The acquisition of Equity Insurance has led to upgrades to earnings forecasts but brokers remain on the fence with respect to Insurance Australia Group given its domestic earnings outlook.

Merger mania returned to the Street last night, overcoming bad news from Pfizer.

Australia’s latest economic data was weaker than expected, prompting some economists to suggest the Reserve Bank has tightened too far and growth will suffer.