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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)’s plan for an exchange-traded fund linked to copper will disrupt supplies to the market and drive up prices to “create a bubble and burst cycle” in the metal, Senator Carl Levin told Read more…
Jared Cummans: When it comes to commodity trading, few words are more serious in an investor’s vocabulary than contango. This phenomenon has been known to burn Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: John Williams, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, delivered a risk-friendly speech in Portland, Oregon on Thursday. Read more…
Jared Cummans: As one of the most popular industrial metals in the world, copper has cemented its place into the commodity world as a prime trading instrument for many. The metal is used in everything from circuit boards and plumbing, to brakes and even Read more…
Jared Cummans: Copper is one of the oldest metals known to man, as it has been used as a currency for more than 10,000 years. Now, this element is a key base for the industrial and construction sectors, as it makes an appearance in everything from wiring and piping, Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: It’s easy and comfortable to join the bullish Treasury club and the mob currently bearish on the euro. Despite the hopes of the masses, it may be very uncomfortable to learn contrarian analysis, bailout progress in Europe and numerous Read more…
Jonathan Yates: There has been an increasing number of investors taking short positions on gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – but they better watch out for what’s ahead this summer. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: ETFs continue to make their way into portfolios of all styles and sizes as investors have embraced the transparency and cost-efficiency benefits associated with the exchange-traded product structure. As the product lineup grows more diverse, investors have taken advantage Read more…
Jared Cummans: It seems that the collapse of the euro, and possibly a global financial market correction, has become more likely than not in the next few year. It started with the fiscal disaster otherwise known as Greece, which has public debt equal Read more…
Michael Johnston: United States Commodity Funds announced this week that is is slashing expenses on its United States Copper Index Fund (NYSEARCA:CPER) from 0.95% annually to 0.65%. The move makes CPER the cheapest of the three commodity ETPs currently available Read more…
Sean Brodrick: It’s a tough time to be a commodity bull right now. You can still make money in commodities, of course, but it’s tough to do on the bullish side. Let me show you why with three charts. Read more…
Forget about gold and oil prices for the moment… Instead, you should focus your attention on another commodity that has flat-out outshined them both in recent years in terms of price. I’m talking about Read more…
EconMatters: Copper has fallen recently, the most in nearly two months after the latest meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting showed policymakers seem not quite ready to launch further economic stimulus. The red metal did manage to rebound a bit to $3.79 per pound on Friday after Read more…
Don Miller: Demand for commodities of all kinds is ramping up at breakneck speed. And despite fears of a slowdown in China‘s economic growth, Dr. Copper is leading the rise in commodities prices. Read more…
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David Gillie: Copper has often been regarded as a measure of economic growth. It is also the driving force of the Base Metals sector. In the 2nd half of 2010, copper had a significant run up on the Dollar decline from QE2 and China stockpiling copper for anticipated future grown. However, in the August selloff last Read more…
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