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Chris Ciovacco: Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSEArca:FCX) engages in the exploration, mining, and production of mineral resources. The company primarily explores for copper (NYSEArca:COPX), gold, molybdenum, silver, and cobalt. Obviously, copper (NASDAQ:CU) is an economically Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: The copper (NYSEArca:JJC) market suffered a volatile 2011 due to supply disruptions and investor concern about a global economic slowdown. Some analysts estimate that worldwide copper production last year was at its lowest level since 2008. Indeed, Freeport McMoRan Copper Read more…
Scott Pluschau: Copper futures (NASDAQ:CU) are taking off. Copper is an industrial metal and has a history of use for 10,000 years. It is seen as a leading indicator on whether or not the economy is expanding because of its wide use as a conductor of heat and electricity. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The copper miners (NYSEARCA:COPX) are shaping up well in terms of technical factors. The question coming up is whether this is another head fake or — at long last — the breakout Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: With over 1,400 exchange-traded products on the market, investors have likely run into some seemingly “duplicate” offerings. While many of the “plain vanilla” products have quite a bit in common, there are more than a handful of funds which offer seemingly identical exposure, although Read more…
Michael Johnston: Among investors interested in exposure to commodities, gold and crude oil tend to dominate most discussions; these natural resources are among the most widely traded in the world, and tend to account for the lion’s share of allocations to the “third asset class” in most long-term Read more…
Michael Johnston: United States Commodity Funds, the firm behind the innovative (NYSEARCA:USCI), rolled out another product created through its partnership with SummerHaven this week. The new United States Copper Index Fund (NYSEARCA:CPER) will be linked to the SummerHaven Read more…
In trading on Monday, the C-Tracks Citi Volatility Index TR ETN (NYSE:CVOL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.81% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
JW Jones: Gold (NYSE:GLD) bulls and inquiring minds are perplexed by last week’s mayhem in the precious metals markets. In addition to gold (NYSE:IAU) and silver (NYSE:SLV), copper prices (NASDAQ:CU) also went into free fall last week which is an ominous sign for the broader economy in general. Read more…
American equity markets had a day to remember during Monday’s trading session as major benchmarks plunged across the board thanks to Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt. The ratings agency dethroned the world’s largest economy from its AAA rating one notch to Read more…
Sumit Roy: Despite host of head winds, copper, nickel and tin surged over past month. Base metals rallied sharply over the past month, as traders used lower prices to build positions. The performance was especially impressive considering the myriad head winds the group faced and still Read more…
David Zeiler: In less than two hours this material can kill 99.9% of most of the bacteria on its surface, including E.coli, influenza, staphylococcus and H1N1. Read more…
The old adage “never judge a book by its cover” has been applied to a wide variety of situations over the years, from encouraging open mindedness in social situations to shopping for a car to, well, judging books by their covers. And it turns out this piece of advice can be quite valuable for Read more…
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When it comes to the U.S. dollar, Jim Rogers is “incredibly pessimistic about the long term, or even the intermediate term future.” He’s also long the Read more…
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