When a country calls in the International Monetary Fund to save it from financial ruin, which is reflected in a potential default on government borrowings, the first thing the IMF does is to require an immediate devaluation of currency. [More]

A recent sector report by Canadian stockbrokers Haywood Securities has revealed that price charts for many international uranium stocks carry the so-called "Cross of Death". [More]

On Tuesday night the US Treasury auctioned US$44bn of two-year notes. Last night it auctioned US$42bn of five-year notes. [More]

Over the last week we have seen first half earnings results from Commonwealth Bank ((CBA)) and Bendigo & Adelaide Bank ((BEN)). [More]

If you've switched on a TV or picked up a paper lately, you'd know that the eurozone's public finances are under a lot of scrutiny these days. [More]

Each year Saxo Bank, an online trading and investment specialist, offers up ten "outrageous claims" to provide investors with a chance to mentally stress test their portfolios. [More]

Global commodity markets have continued to perform far better than most would have dared to hope, starting to rise in the second quarter of last year on the back of Chinese stockpiling and then continuing the advance into the new calendar year on an increasing expectation of economic recovery, a declining US dollar, supply concerns and growing interest in commodities as an asset class and a hedge. [More]

Australians have become great recyclers over the past couple of decades, helping to do their bit to spare the over-exploitation of natural resources by dutifully placing their glass, paper, metal and plastic waste in the appropriate bin. [More]

It is certainly a different oil market this December than it was the last. By December last year crude oil was trading down in the US$30s/bl and investment markets around the world were dressed out in funeral attire. [More]

Since stock markets began to factor in a turnaround in global economic fortunes from March this year, there has been an obsession with alphabet soup. [More]