Precious Metals

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

Surprisingly weak US retail sales numbers saw Wall Street about-face on Fed rate rise fears last night. Dow up 259. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

As the greenback continues to soar, Wall Street worries about Fed policy. Dow down 25. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

The collapsing euro is responsible for a soaring US dollar and subsequent downgrades to US earnings forecasts, Fed policy notwithstanding. Dow down 332. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Awaiting potash contracts; iron ore pain continues; copper expansion grows in importance; gold weakness ahead; and aluminium more balanced.

On the sixth anniversary of the US bull market, talk is again of the overdue correction. Dow up 138. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Regis Resources announced a further setback to production in the first two months of 2015, with grade issues continuing to plague Garden Well.

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

The ECB’s QE program will likely see more money flowing out of Europe in search of yield elsewhere. Dow up 38. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wall Street continued to pull back ahead of tonight’s ECB meeting and Friday’s US jobs numbers. Dow down 106. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)