Daily FNArena News

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with analysts updating price expectations for the year ahead.

The author of the celebrated Liar’s Poker and The Big Short is back with further bewildering and entertaining observations, this time on how the eurozone came to be under threat of collapse.

Barclays Capital has analysed seasonal trends for February and found emerging markets are usually the best equity performers with aluminium the best among commodities.

Brokers continue to offer their “expected surprises” for the result season and discuss how they see 2012 playing out for the local market.

FNArena’s weekly update on short positions in the Australian share market.

ATW’s Jerry Simmons analyses crude oil and doji formations on various price charts.

Demand for uranium is currently based in dates beyond spot, leaving little activity in immediate transactions. The spot price has slipped again.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updated outlooks for the coming months, some preferred exposures to the commodity sector and the link between the euro and commodity prices.

Brokers argue the market is missing the upside opportunity of a likely major de-risking ahead for biotech Pharmaxis.

Market analysts at FXCM explain how central banks intervene in markets in an attempt to better control an economy.