Of all the negative influences currently impacting on the Australian stock market, none is greater than “Oh God I’ve seen this movie before”.
The euro fell then bounced hard last night and Wall Street again followed suit, turning a 186 point down day in the Dow into only 66 points down.
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with platinum, zinc and gold in focus.
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with reasons why the gold price may find support and moves by China to address overcapacity in aluminium production.
Morgan Stanley added two more small caps to its coverage while strategists at DJ Carmichael and BA-ML shifted preferences.
The euro fell to near US$1.22 last night before rebounding back to near $1.24. The Dow fell 180 points but closed up 5. Yet commodities were absolutely trashed. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, looking at current WTI oil price weakness, natural gas price weakness, and and the lastest forecast downgrades to account for the RSPT.
A wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.
Strength on European markets belied an ever weakening euro while Wall Street struggled to justify further gains before losing its bottle in the last hour. Dow down 113. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates on the gold price outlook and the impact on commodities of Chinese and European economic conditions.