Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills discusses the growing importance of green initiatives and cobalt’s critical role in the future green energy.
Copper is becoming an increasingly important earnings driver for both BHP and Rio Tinto, without forgetting iron ore and coal.
Western Areas is a high quality producer and a top pick in the sector for many brokers but its future cash flow is plagued by a depressed nickel price.
The Bank of Japan played the compromise card yesterday while Wall Street begins to feel giddy in the rarefied air. Dow up 62. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)
Wall Street was closed last night leaving European stocks to push higher as the world awaits an expected policy shift from the Bank of Japan. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)
Prices for copper, platinum and molybdenum are expected to push higher, while the outlook for gold turns a little more bearish.
Forex.com’s Kathleen Brookes observes a discrepancy between equities and other risk assets.
Stockbroking analysts have taken a look at iron ore, gold prices, the copper market, nickel and the prospects for Australian energy plays.
A wrap of the day’s activity on the Australian stock market.
Wall Street came home with a wet sail after Boehner hinted at compromise ahead. Dow up 59. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)