* Aluminium prices falls to 1-month lowguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoBy Pratima Desai LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) – Aluminium prices dropped to 1-month lows on Friday as stocks soared and traders priced in growing expectations …

What went down must come upMoneyweb, South Africa - 1 hour agoStock market watchers of every stripe are, for once, agreed: what's happened to banking stocks in the past few days is unusual. Downright weird, even. …

Fannie and Freddie: Playing With a Stacked DeckGold Seek - 54 minutes agoStocks go up because inflation spurs consumers to get rid of their money. And then stocks go down because investors fear a tighter inflation-fighting Fed. …

London close: Buoyant banks lift Footsie higher againShareCast, UK - 1 hour agoRBS gave British American Tobacco a lift, raising its recommendation on the firm to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’ saying it thinks tobacco stocks look more attractive …

Short sellers hold key to two-day rallyguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoMiners were in the doldrums, hit by news of rising stocks and slowing growth in China. Iron ore group Ferrexpo fell more than 8% to 270p, while Eurasian …