Precious Metals

A strong earnings result from Dow Chemical and strong US housing data kept Wall Street’s correction at bay last night. Dow (Jones) down 25. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Wall Street did not stage a comeback last night as large cap earnings missed the mark and traders became more concerned about election ramifications and cliffs. Dow down 243. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Beijing is not big on disclosing China’s gold production and reserves. Is the government being coy to avoid pushing up the price of gold?

Wall Street recovered from a further 100 point Dow fall on earnings fear to close flat as buyers moved in to snap up beaten down names. Dow up 2. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

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

Google posted a shocker last night under controversial circumstances, but the broad market was not overly impacted by the Nasdaq drop. Dow down 8. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Jonathan Barratt of Barratt’s Bulletin discusses the rising US headline CPI and its implications for gold.

It was a weak session for US earnings reports, but Wall Street was turned around by economic data and in the background, Spain avoided junk status. Dow up 5. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities as the pressure on coal heats up, Goldman Sachs revises commodity forecasts and broker discuss base metals.

More earnings beats, solid economic data, a change of regime at Citigroup and unconfirmed news from Spain all conspired to push Wall Street ever higher. Dow up 127. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)