Precious Metals

Between potential European collapse and further monetary stimulus, between central bank buying, jewellery demand and global mine disruptions, lies a price of gold in 2012.

EFSF, ESM or both? Either way, the tentative rally continues. Dow up 53.

Technical analysts provide their latest views on gold.

S&P decided to put of all northern Europe on negative watch last night in a move that had sane people laughing hysterically. A rally on Wall Street was crimped. Dow up 78.

Weekly update on recommendation, target price, and earnings forecast changes.

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

Markets took a breather last night after global PMIs painted a less than rosy picture. Dow down 25.

Barclays Capital’s analysis of seasonal trends shows December tends to be a good month for equities and fixed interest markets but more mixed for currencies and commodities.

Global growth uncertainty and the ongoing European debt crisis have impacted on commodity markets and lead National Australia Bank to forecast weaker prices in 2012.

Chartists see this rally in equities markets lasting into the new year, but the overall outlook hasn’t fundamentally changed (at least not from a technical point of view).