Precious Metals

FNArena’s weekly update on short positions in the Australian share market.

No commitment from the Fed and talk from Draghi that short-end bonds could be purchased left Wall Street undecided last night. Dow down 54. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with both Danske Bank and Capital Economics updating commodity market views and JP Morgan analysing the potential energy market impact of any Israeli military action against Iran.

With the US closed, European markets were stronger last night as weak data raised hopes for ECB action.(Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with UBS and Macquarie assessing the impact of weak iron ore prices and Goldman Sachs reviewing resource sector models.

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

Spain will not ask for a bailout until it has confirmation of the terms and conditions. Dow down 106. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Cleveland Mining is developing gold and iron ore projects in Brazil and following a site visit DJ Carmichael initiates coverage with a Speculative Buy rating.

CRU Group has updated its medium term price expectations across the spectrum of metals, minerals and fertilisers.

This week ATW’s Jerry Simmons talks Aussie, Euro and USD, also seeing a downward possibility for natural gas and some support for oil.