http://money.ninemsn.com.au en-au Copyright(c) 2005 Ninemsn All rights reserved. 5 http://ninemsn.com.au/share/img/nh_logo.gif http://money.ninemsn.com.au 142 40 http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974006&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:50:10 GMT (Adds comments, details) By Denny Thomas http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974652&rss=yes Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:37:07 GMT By Jonathan Davis, Financial Times, 22 Nov 2009There are many reasons why sensible columnists prefer to steer clear of writing about gold. One is that you get the weirdest responses. Twenty years ago they would arrive in funny shaped envelopes, often in green ink, often from individuals with extraordinarily peculiar views about the world. These days the risk is that anything you say will be instantly picked up, recycled and commented on in a thousand online blogs. Not all of that community are interested in constructive dialogue. Gold retains its capacity to excite the most extreme polarised views.A second reason for thinking better of writing about gold is the Warren Buffett problem. When asked for his views about gold, he typically replies with the answer, along the lines that gold has never been a good store of value and is unlikely ever to interest him as a home for his money. Gold, he says, "gets dug out of the ground in Africa or some place. http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974179&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:05 GMT * Investors fret about the recovery, curb riskier bets * Weak results from Dell, D.R. Horton weigh http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974018&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:08:49 GMT RPT-Nikkei dips, first 4-wk losing streak in a year TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell0.5 percent on Friday and logged its first four-week losingstreak in over a year, with techs hit by a poor outlook for U.S.peers as well as fears about the strength of the economicrecovery. http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974126&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:49 GMT * For related prices, Reuters Terminal users may click on - * UK stock report [.L] FTSE index: <0#.FTS6> techMARK 100 index: <.FTT1X> FTSE futures: <0#FFI:> Gilt futures: <0#FLG:> Smallcap index: <.FTSC> FTSE 250 index: <.FTMC> FTSE 350 index: <.FTLC> Market digest: <.AD.L> Top 10 by vol: <.AV.L> Top price gainers: <.NG.L> Top % gainers: <.PG.L> Top price losers: <.NL.L> Top % losers: <.PL.L> * For related news, click on - * UK hot stocks: [HOT&GB] Wall Street: [.N] Gilts report: [GB/] Euro bond report [GVD/EUR] Pan European stock report: [.EU] Tokyo stocks: [.T] HK stocks: [.HK] Sterling report: [GBP/] Dollar report: [USD/] * For company prices, click on - * Company di http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974125&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:03 GMT * FTSEurofirst 300 falls 0.8 pct; hits 2-week closing low * Banks among top losers; Ukrainian debt concerns weigh http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974003&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:31:05 GMT * Aussie hit by further profit-taking * Some analysts say more losses ahead in the near term http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974124&rss=yes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:17 GMT * Dollar up for second straight day as risk appetite fades * Stocks decline, banks park funds in Treasuries http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=974666&rss=yes Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:38:10 GMT WELLINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The New Zealand dollar<NZD=> was at a two-week low on Monday as investors turned moreaverse to risk and trimmed their exposure to high risk assets. * Kiwi opens new week around $0.7240/50 level, havingfallen to a low of $0.7201 in Friday's offshore session, asstocks weakened and commodity prices generally eased.