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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…
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…
Stoyan Bojinov: With equity markets on a winning streak, many investors have brushed aside the commodity asset class as it has lagged behind in the new year. Nonetheless, this corner of the market Read more…
Simon Watkins: Copper prices (NYSEArca:JJC) have recouped last week’s losses this morning as Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won parliamentary approval for swinging new austerity measures aimed at securing a further EUR130 billion ($132 billion) bailout package from the euro zone. 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…
Brian Sylvester: Kwong-Mun Achong Low, an analyst with Northern Securities in Canada, thinks that copper (NYSEArca:JJC) and gold juniors (NYSEArca:GDXJ) are in for a better run this year. 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…
Brian Sylvester: Despite a pullback in growth for China, copper (NYSEARCA:JJC) demand is likely to remain strong in 2012, according to Dr. Michael Berry, publisher of Morning Notes, and his co-author, Chris Berry, founder of House Mountain Partners. Other developing nations, such as Indonesia 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…
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: One of the latest innovations in the ETF industry came in the form of the first exchange-traded fund offering exposure to copper, one of the most widely used and heavily-traded commodities in the world. The recently-launched United States Copper Index Fund (NYSEARCA:CPER), which 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…
Corey Rosenbloom: We’ve been seeing copper in the news lately, mainly with its recent breakdown and consolidation off a key support level. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Copper is arguably the most useful industrial metals, as it can be found in a number of household products. Aside from its most evident use in wires and plumbing, copper is a key element in auto parts like brakes, cooling systems, and even the Statue of Liberty, which features over 80 tons of copper Read more…
Tim Seymour: One of the world’s biggest primary copper mining companies is finding plenty of buyers for its output even as it has to divert shipments away from Western Europe. Read more…
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