Tim Treadgold

The price of antimony has doubled, an event which might cause some people to yawn, if not for the fact that it is a perfect pointer to a new way to make money.

‘Green’, not greed, may be good, but investors will need to be patient if they want a decent return.

Tired of fertiliser jokes? Then relief is in sight because soon we will see through the ammonia cloud hanging around Burrup Fertilisers and get to the critical issue - where's the money.

If anyone didn't already know that the internet is a powerful tool for retailing they do now thanks to Australia's best ever example of how to shoot yourself in the foot.

What did Ken Henry see? That's a question Australia's top civil servant should answer before slipping into comfortable retirement, leaving a nasty tax mess behind.

Politics and business are closely linked, but sometimes the connection can get too close for comfort.

It's 5am on Robin Widdup's stock market clock, time for bears to wake up and get ready for the 6am boom!

The government’s ‘fifth pillar’ policy may be sowing the seeds of disaster.

Writing history, and re-writing history, that's the game plan of Gina Rinehart as she muscles her way onto the national media and political stage using her iron ore fortune.

The GFC has changed the game, and it’s time some of our wealthiest individuals wised up.

When is a 9 per cent iron ore price rise bad news? When it is the Christmas surprise miners will receive later today, revitalising the case for a resource super-profits tax.

Kerry Stokes’ Westrac-Seven empire is a unique business model, but what will happen to it when he moves on?

Hang on to your hat and lock up your cash. A record-breaking flood of 52 new floats is in the queue at the stock exchange and the chance of making money in that crush is close to zero.

The people of the world have re-embraced gold as something they trust more than government paper.

If your stockbroker is telling you to not buy bank shares because the Australian Government is attacking them over fees and charges - sack him immediately.

Falling property prices in WA won’t last as the resources boom gets into full swing.

Bye-bye Don. Hello John. We've heard the first bit, the planned departure of Woodside boss, Don Voelte. Soon we'll be greeting the new behind-the-scenes man, a human buy-signal called John Argenti.

Governments are prone to change their minds, but it’s often the consumers who pay the price.

Bank bashing is one of Australia's oldest blood sports and always worth watching because both sides lose -- banks for their greed, politicians for their fear.

The Aussie dollar may be enjoying rare strength against world currencies, but beware the downside.

Doomed from the day it was conceived, and rightly so. That's the verdict on Singapore's proposed takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange.

Artificial market manipulation most often leads to blowback, thanks to the immutable laws of supply and demand.

In calmer times Australia would not be asked to choose between friendship with China or the U.S. These are not normal times, and we might soon be asked that awful question.

It seems the BRICs aren’t in as strong a position as many would have hoped.

Most investors rely on their brokers for share tips, which a recent survey has shown could be a rather stupid thing to do.

The MRRT will alter the face of the mining sector.

Gold up. Dollar up. Oil up. Shares up. Last night's world market action sounds too good to be true, and it was.

The protracted sell-off of Alinta may be a glimpse into the future for Telstra.

Get ready for the pricking of the gold bubble.

The federal government is picking up where consumers left off pre-GFC by spending beyond its means.

Is a price of $US1300 an ounce high enough for the Australian Government to consider adding gold to its mining super-profits tax?

Are calls to stop proposed gas projects leading to an accident waiting to happen?