Base Metals and Minerals

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with Barclays seeing oil price risk to the upside at current levels and the super tax impact on iron ore examined.

Wall Street opened stronger last night, but ultimately closed lower, as the rumour mill churned and the euro pushed toward previous lows. Dow down 69.

The Dow opened down nearly 300 points as Korea entered the mix before a rolling wave of buying took the average back to only down 22, and the S&P into the green.

Citi suggests China will slow its slowing while Merrill Lynch sees value in Australian banks.

Wall Street saw a nervous late sell-off as Spain moved to take over a troubled regional bank, but commodities were strong overnight. Dow down 126.

While the European crisis has hit commodity prices, at the same time the market is terrified of Beijing’s attempts to slow its property bubble.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with analysts suggesting speculative panic has overriden positive market fundamentals in metals.

Morgan Stanley looks at the RSPT impact on BHP and Rio, Merrill Lynch downgrades Rio, and Macquarie comments on Fortescue.

For the first time in a long time, Wall Street fell as the euro rallied last night, based on financial regulation fears within the general panic. Dow down 376.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with both copper and oil seen as mispriced on fundamentals and the Super tax proposal causing project deferrals in Australia.