Currencies

Wall Street meandered on thin volume last night as investors search for a reason to move either way. Dow down 5.

Danske Bank argues that tighter budgets in Europe will be offset by accompanying positive influences. There is no need to panic.

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

Online trading service provider GFT sent prized asset Kathy Lien into a meeting with journalists this week to update Australian investors on financial matters.

In what seems like a delayed reaction, Wall Street took a tumble last night as fears of a fresh global slowdown grew. Dow down 145.

The latest Westpac-ACCI Survey of Industrial Trends has delivered some mixed data, with price pressures rising but growth still above trend.

Despite Tuesday’s technical break-down, Wall Street managed to hold up last night in the face of very weak housing data and a more sober outlook from the Fed. Dow up 4.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with a return to Chinese currency appreciation unlikely to have a significant impact on commodities plus some updates to forecasts for Oz steel sector plays.

The short term outlook for AUD/USD is likely to be determined by what the FOMC comes up with on Thursday morning, argue analysts at NAB.

Q3 is shaping up as a highly volatile quarter dominated by economic data and government decisions, argue Gain Capital’s Brian Dolan and Jane Foley.