Base Metals and Minerals

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin notes all this talk of weakness in China is having little negative impact on copper prices.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Goldman Sachs identifies listed Engineering & Construction companies in the running to win valuable upcoming service contracts from the resources sector.

Wall Street is struggling to post further gains with last night seeing familiar last minute selling. Dow down 45. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Chinese demand growth for iron ore is slowing, said BHP yesterday, and last night Wall Street panicked. Dow down 68. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

The positive vibe continues on Wall Street with surging Apple shares at the helm. The Dow was only up 6 points last night but the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates on oil and industrial metals, platinum’s premium to the gold price, thermal coal and the introduction of 2015 earnings forecasts for Australian resource companies.

Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

Joining Dow 13k and Nasdaq 3k we saw S&P 1400 last night for the first time since June 2008 as the rally continues. Dow up 56. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

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