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PFP Wealth’s Tim Price looks forward to Europe’s bank stress test and it doesn’t make for a pretty picture. With lots of charts.

A 274 point rally in the Dow may be welcome but not very convincing in many a view.

While corporate earnings in Australia and globally are likely to be revised lower in coming months there still appears to be value in equities at current levels.

Copper prices have been relatively resilient in recent months but positive market fundamentals suggest upside for those with a longer-term view on the market.

It has become fashionable to question the integrity of China’s economic data, but what about data in the US?

Wall Street opened strongly last night, failed, and then kicked at the close. There is now a clear battle between buyers and sellers. Dow up 57.

While investor fears have weighed on oil prices in recent months Barclays Capital notes the demand picture has continued to improve, supporting the group’s view prices are headed higher.

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

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

Wall Street staged a mid-session turnaround from its depths last night as a successful Spanish bond auction sparked short-covering and a big sell-off in gold. Dow down 41.