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Wall Street hung slightly lower all session on little volume. Dow down 5. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with fundamentals looking positive for both copper and oil and Deutsche Bank highlighting some scope for minor changes to estimates in the steel sector.

Tuesday night saw weak economic data and earnings, and last night saw the opposite. Reverse everything, Dow up 44.

While market conitions are volatile Russell Investments doesn’t see another downturn for the global economy, so the group forecasts sharemarkets end the year higher than current levels.

Not too negative data had Wall Street on the fly on thin volume last night with metal prices following suit. Dow up 208.

Barclays notes seasonal trends are positive for Australian equities and oil prices in August, but the Australian dollar tends to find the going a bit tougher.

The TechWizard reports US equities have reversed an ugly technical picture into a supportive one. Is short-covering the next big theme?

A preview to what is one of the more intriguing books on release this year.

A brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.

Observers fear that there are reasons other than uncertainty which are making Wall Street stock markets a lot more volatile than they should be.