Energy

Deutsche Bank has initated coverage on vessel charter and services group Mermaind Marine with a Buy rating.

Greek bonds began to topple again last night while Ireland was forced to take on bank debt, all amidst a flurry of disinterest on Wall Street. Dow up 11. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEDST)

A rallying euro has helped commodities rallying too these past trading sessions, but what will come next?

With two nights to go in the quarter commodity funds decided to buy with gusto last night following a successful Greek bond issue. Dow up 45.

Can insurers cope with this spate of storms? Is wind energy about to take off? What can I invest in for wind protection (with conviction)?

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

Just when it looked a Greek rescue plan was in the bag, the ECB slammed the EU and spooked Wall Street, turning a 120 point Dow rally into a flat session.

Demand divergence in various markets suggests 2010 will be a transition year for the global oil market.

Portugal is back in the spotlight, Greece is unresolved, a US Treasury bond auction went very poorly last night and US economic data were not great either. Of course you’d buy the dollar. Dow down 52.

Call it the “super-cycle”, call it “stronger for longer” or call it neither, but post-GFC analysts are back arguing strong upside for commodity prices from here.