To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (41547 ) 10/19/2008 9:41:43 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 219446 no clear time will tell cannot fathom why she would use this particular thread as first port of call, unless ... will, in all cases, time will tell just in in-trayIs The China Boom Bust? URGENT news for investors looking to capitalise on market crisis... 'Pebble Stocks' that Could Each Return 30% to 118% Gains in the Next 2 Months Amidst global market chaos, a new class of junior miner could to hand investors explosive double-digit profits, literally overnight... Discover how 'Pebble Stock' gains like 63% in one week, 118% in 3 days and 29% in 24 hours could be pouring into your portfolio... even while many investors flee to cash! Learn more in this just released report... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week In Focus Friday October 17 2008 Goldmans Bullish On Commodity Prices No surprises - Goldman Sachs' global economics team has downgraded its global growth forecast for 2009 from 3.7% to 3.0% and the commodities team has thus been swung into action for downgrades of its own. The credit crisis is obviously the driver, and the analysts note ongoing uncertainty on the credit front means ongoing downside risk to commodity prices. But this story has a bullish end. There are two reasons why commodity prices have fallen as far as they have to date. The first reason is they were too high. If oil is the benchmark, the ridiculous speculative bubble experienced earlier this year is just another example of leverage gone mad and a classic tale of "upside panic". The bubble burst when it was obvious a point of demand destruction had been reached in the US, and thus there was nothing surprising about the fall back from US$147/bbl to the US$100 level as speculative positions retreated. Click Here To Read On > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week In Commentary Oil Price Forecasts Revised Lower Demand growth for crude is going to slow. Weaker economic conditions are creating a cyclical downturn in the oil market and analysts are lowering their price expectations accordingly. > Australia Had To Act > Your Money Is Safe > Alan Greenspan Lead the Quick Deterioration of the U.S. Economy > Oil Prices Under $70 > The Aussie Dollar as a Measure of Global Risk Appetite > Lehman CDS Auction Hammers Resource Stocks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week In News CSR Guides To A Flat Outcome Once again CSR has downgraded earnings: the diversified sugar and building products group is a serial offender as now there have been downgrades in each of the last three years. > NAB Earnings Down > Woodside, Macarthur Look Up > Macquarie On Negative Watch > Ten Earnings Down > Rio Cools On China; Global Markets Plunge > Origin Looks At 40% Earnings Gain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week In Broker Updates Crane Group Warns On Earnings With economic conditions worsening in Australia corporate earnings are increasingly coming under pressure and Crane Group has joined the list of companies to downgrade earnings guidance as a result. > TEN - Merrill Lynch rates the stock as Underperform > QAN - Merrill Lynch rates the stock as Upgrade to Neutral > SGP - Citi rates the stock as Sell, Medium Risk > CSL - Merrill Lynch rates the stock as Buy, Medium Risk > SUN - Merrill Lynch rates the stock as Neutral, Medium Risk > TLS - Merrill Lynch rates the stock as Buy