Daily FNArena News

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report sees good news coming, eventually, from the US, China and even Europe.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with a number of brokers revising commodity price forecasts, earnings estimates and price targets and updates on copper, gold and the bulks.

BHP’s Olympic Dam resource is big, that’s for sure. But is it too big? What’s ahead for the Big Australian?

Investment Manager Standard Life Investments notes global issues continue to affect risk asset returns and suggests a greater policy response is needed.

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin discusses the importance of Chinese data due Friday for the copper price.

GFT Market Strategist Andrew Taylor believes financial assets might stage an upswing once the FOMC Minutes have been released later today.

Statistics provided by BlackRock show global inflows into exchange traded funds (ETF) hit record levels in the first half of 2012, with fixed income products attracting the greatest percentage.

NEXTDC is a data centre provider offering strong growth potential in the view of Citi, who initiates coverage with a Buy rating.

Analysts at BIS Shrapnel believe retail growth won’t make it back to pre-GFC golden era levels in at least the next decade.

Currencies are being deliberately devalued across the globe, yet gold seems to be wallowing. Why? Some argue price deflation is offsetting monetary inflation, but this is far from the case if one looks at recent commodity price trends.