Tim Treadgold

Investment banks are suggesting we are close to the peak in the current commodity price cycle.

Iluka Resources' recent turnaround may be frustrating for Robert Champion de Crespigny.

Belief that boom times are back is leading some investors to take a punt.

The expression ‘with great risk comes great reward' does not always hold true.

Australia's relationship with China is a two-edged sword, as the Stern Hu saga has shown.

If the US Treasury formally declares China to be a currency manipulator on April 15 ... watch out

The collapse of some international currencies is the next stage in the ongoing GFC.

The stronger Australian dollar is bad news for a host of businesses.

Generational change looms for some high-profile local business families.

Major reserves of shale gas could cause upheaval in the sector.

New migrants are likely to increase pressure on local service providers.

South Africa's problems could be good news for WA.

The after-shocks of the GFC could be extremely painful.

A barrage of taxes will be introduced to help pay for avoiding the worst of the GFC.

Len Buckeridge is gearing up for another battle.

Who's going to answer for ASIC's failed prosecution of Andrew Forrest?

Speeding fines all part of the business for Sandfire Resources.

What's behind the interesting tale of two uranium miners?

Dick Lester's changing strategy amid fallout from the GFC.

It looks as though we're in for a prolonged period of modest growth.

The right choice of words is important when talking up a mining project.

Two different financial plays in the past week share a similar view of the future.

The financial success of ‘green' companies has not quite lived up to the hype.

The state's iron sector has attracted another major player in the local business scene – Kerry Stokes.

Looking at commodity prices in US dollar terms is giving a misleading impression of how well the world economy is recovering from the GFC.

The strength of the Australian dollar is good news for international speculators, but not for exporters.

Small and large investors are going to have to get used to a new paradigm as the GFC fallout continues in 2010.

A stronger Australian currency will pose major challenges in the year ahead.

ONE fortune in a lifetime is enough for most people, but not if you are the 'golden Greek', a schooldays nickname for Kerry Harmanis, the man who pocketed $500 million less than a year before the 2008 stock market meltdown.

A STOCK exchange listing is off the agenda, but Perth property developer Nigel Satterley is creating a corporate structure that will ensure his Satterley Group stays in business long after he is gone.

Predicting the future is a mug's game, or as US sportsman Yogi Berra once said: “the future isn't what it used to be”.

Private equity might have faded as a force in the stock market, but there's something bigger happening in the ‘private world' – the rapid disappearance from public view, and publi