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Monday market minutes: Small mercies

17 Apr 2023 - Even though Wall Street and gold prices ended the week with losses, the ASX 200 is slated to start with a small gain this morning with the ASX 200 futures pencilling …

Diary: Halt and catch fire

17 Apr 2023 - Business reporting grabs the diary spotlight this week – earnings in the US for the three months to March and major miners and their production and exploration activi…

Commodities corner: Consolidation prize

17 Apr 2023 - Gold ended on Friday with another massive move – down this time, while oil again held up above $US80 a barrel in a week where signs of easing US inflation dominated i…

Chinese buyers strangely idle in copper market

15 Apr 2023 - China’s confusing economic picture can best be seen from the nitty gritty of its commodity imports in March – iron ore, coal and oil were strong but copper, the tradi…

Ominous rumblings coming from Bank of Quuensland

15 Apr 2023 - Investors ended up being pretty sanguine on Friday about the shock announcement from the Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) of $260 million in provisions and writedowns, lo…

No jaundice apparent just yet for the yellow metal

15 Apr 2023 - April is turning out for be a 'golden' month for gold miners with global prices staying well above $US2,000 an ounce and Australian prices keeping above the $A3,000 l…

EPA takes the road less travelled for US EV industry

15 Apr 2023 - America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed tougher rules that will in effect underwrite US demand for electric vehicles (EVs) over the next decade, …

Stocks of the Hour: Sunstone Metals, GBM Resources, Vection Technologies

14 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Sunstone Metals (ASX:STM), GBM Resources (ASX:GBZ) and Vection Technologies (ASX:VR1).

No let-up in gold's March

14 Apr 2023 - Gold continues to give for investors and miners in Australia.

CPI data offers no clear way forward for Fed

14 Apr 2023 - Like the March job numbers there was just enough in the US consumer price index data overnight to justify both another quarter of a percent rate hike from the Federal…

US forecasters get a bad case of the gloomies

14 Apr 2023 - America’s March quarter earnings season kicks off tonight and there’s a very negative trend emerging which should worry investors large and small.

Job market seemingly impervious to rate rises

14 Apr 2023 - It’s all about lags at the moment in economic analysis and policymaking in the wake of all those rate rises from the Reserve Bank in the past year.

Chinese exports a green blip in a sea of red

14 Apr 2023 - An unexpected surge in Chinese exports in March doesn’t alter the reality of a weak domestic economy as was underlined earlier this week by more deflation in consumer…

Stocks of the Hour: Omega Oil & Gas, Future Battery Minerals, RareX

13 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Omega Oil & Gas (ASX:OMA), Future Battery Minerals (ASX:FBM) and RareX (ASX:REE).

Poor quarter sees Whitehaven cut forecasts

13 Apr 2023 - Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) warned Wednesday that a weak production performance in the three months to March had forced it to cut its 2022-23 guidance and output and sa…

Westgold remains confident of meeting guidance

13 Apr 2023 - Westgold (ASX:WGX) says it is looking at reaching the top end of its 2022-23 gold production guidance after a solid effort in the three months to March.

Glencore tightens screws on Teck bid

13 Apr 2023 - Glencore’s move on Teck Resources is getting interesting with a cash component added to the previously all-share offer placing extra pressure on Teck to delay a key s…

Buffett, Berkshire continue China-Japan pivot

13 Apr 2023 - This week saw two contrasting investment decisions by Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway empire.

Stocks of the Hour: Fiji Kava, Toro Energy, Heavy Rare Earths

12 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Fiji Kava (ASX:FIJ), Toro Energy (ASX:TOE) and Heavy Rare Earths (ASX:HRE).

Evolution buoyant despite Ernest Henry dampener

12 Apr 2023 - As expected the big wet in northern Queensland early last month has taken a toll on Evolution Mining’s March and June quarter and full financial year gold and copper …

Newmont sweetens the Newcrest pot

12 Apr 2023 - The chances of Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) falling to foreign control rose on Tuesday after Newmont recast the terms of its February bid, effectively boosting it to mor…

Cost easing the key data from NAB survey

12 Apr 2023 - The National Australia Bank’s March business conditions and confidence survey could be enough to encourage the Reserve Bank’s to leave its hands off its interest rate…

Chinese economy remains stubbornly sluggish

12 Apr 2023 - China’s economy is in desperate need of a stimulus whack that the Communist party government led by President Xi Jinping doesn’t want to administer.

Stocks of the Hour: Ionic Rare Earths, Arafura Rare Earths, Labyrinth Resources

11 Apr 2023 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move featuring Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR), Arafura Rare Earths (ASX:ARU) and Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL).

Commodities corner: Energy sector in flux

11 Apr 2023 - Oil prices had a big week last week thanks to those surprise production cuts by the OPEC+ group.

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