Several brokers are unsure whether the cost cutting endured by Alumina Ltd will be enough to boost income substantially, as expanding Chinese supply limits price rises.
Weekly Update on ASX-listed companies buying in their own stock.
Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report espouses the benefits of sensible portfolio management.
Crude inventories; the CESCO conference and the copper outlook; economic data and gold; the outlook for Australian gold stocks.
BT Investment Management pleased brokers with its ability to generate positive fund flows from the JO Hambro business in the March quarter.
Market analysts at FXCM discuss the fundamental and technical picture heading into US earnings season.
Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities suggests Westfield Corp could be in for a break-out after bucking the market trend.
The first week of the new quarter brought a halt to frantic end of quarter selling, allowing the uranium spot price to recover slightly.
Breakdown in mineral sands discipline; support for gold; copper vulnerable to downside; nickel still loss-makiing; Oz iron ore shipments decline; steel margins expand.
Iluka has reduced its zircon pricing for the June quarter, following on from competitor actions, and brokers observe the outlook is weak.
