Base Metals and Minerals

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

A big jump in US pending home sales and at least some reassurance from the ECB had Wall Street running hard for a second consecutive session. Dow up 106.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with long aluminium / short silver seen as the trade for 2011 and updates on agricultural, bulk commodity and oil markets.

Strong global manufacturing data and a solid private jobs report put Wall Street back into forward gear last night, and now there’s talk of the Fed printing money to help the IMF to save Europe. Dow up 250.

Wall Street was unable to shake off European concerns at the end of the month despite some positive economic data. Dow down 46.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with reasons offered why copper and gold can go higher, some new coverage of nickel stocks and an update on the global steel market.

Rio Tinto tantalised investors at its seminars last week, but analysts do not necessarily see capital management in the shorter term.

German insistence that European sovereign bondholders will have to take a haircut after 2013 if needs be has forced a de-rating of all euro-debt despite the Irish bail-out. Dow down 39.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with some positives identified for palladium, analysis of Chinese trade data and an update on the rare earth market.

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