Base Metals Near Key Levels: Will They Hold? A Bear Looms
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:58AM CST
by Raul De Frutos Nickel, aluminum, lead and tin are four base metals that are testing their ground. These metals are trying to find support in a bearish commodity environment . If they fall below these key levels, they will be hitting 6-year...
HEVY: 28.73 (unch), DBB: 15.26 (unch), FOIL: 27.33 (+0.55), USMI: 19.72 (+0.30), BOM: 16.87 (+0.17), JJU: 17.86 (+0.06), JJT: 39.67 (unch), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), UBM: 14.75 (-0.30), RGRI: 20.14 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.10), BDG: 16.45 (-0.66), JJN: 19.36 (+0.08), LEDD: 31.96 (-0.21), JJM: 25.82 (-0.10), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), BDD: 6.71 (-0.30), NINI: 25.79 (+0.13), RJZ: 8.02 (+0.08), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), LD: 40.12 (+0.71)
Copper: What's The Size Of The Surplus?
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 4:48AM CST
By Stuart Burns The widely accepted narrative for copper is we are in a state of oversupply, driven by an excess of concentrate and a cooling demand picture for refined metal. The relentless fall in the copper price is the strongest evidence of...
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Copper prices surge on China stimulus hopes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 9:24AM CST
SCCO: 30.43 (+0.30), DBB: 15.26 (unch), FOIL: 27.33 (+0.55), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), BOM: 16.87 (+0.17), JJU: 17.86 (+0.06), JJT: 39.67 (unch), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.10), JJN: 19.36 (+0.08), JJM: 25.82 (-0.10), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), VALE: 8.05 (+0.32), NINI: 25.79 (+0.13), BDD: 6.71 (-0.30), RJZ: 8.02 (+0.08), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), LD: 40.12 (+0.71), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Economic Indicators Point To A So-So 2015
Dirk Leach - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 1:58PM CST
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), BARL: 19.19 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
China: External Stimulation Could Lift Growth
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 5:04AM CST
XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), CU: 17.35 (+0.60), COPX: 7.00 (+0.25), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), YXI: 27.30 (unch), CN: 34.87 (+0.34), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54)
Outlook for copper, Chalco lowered at J.P. Morgan
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 10:49AM CST
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), ACH: 11.69 (+0.11), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Copper slides to five-and-a-half-year low
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 3:56PM CST
HEVY: 28.73 (unch), DBB: 15.26 (unch), USMI: 19.72 (+0.30), BOM: 16.87 (+0.17), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), RGRI: 20.14 (unch), UBM: 14.75 (-0.30), BOS: 24.00 (-0.10), BDG: 16.45 (-0.66), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), JJM: 25.82 (-0.10), BDD: 6.71 (-0.30), RJZ: 8.02 (+0.08), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Goldman gives in on mined commodities
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 7:21AM CST
HEVY: 28.73 (unch), DBB: 15.26 (unch), FOIL: 27.33 (+0.55), USMI: 19.72 (+0.30), BOM: 16.87 (+0.17), JJU: 17.86 (+0.06), JJT: 39.67 (unch), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), UBM: 14.75 (-0.30), RGRI: 20.14 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.10), BDG: 16.45 (-0.66), JJN: 19.36 (+0.08), LEDD: 31.96 (-0.21), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), JJM: 25.82 (-0.10), NINI: 25.79 (+0.13), BDD: 6.71 (-0.30), RJZ: 8.02 (+0.08), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), LD: 40.12 (+0.71)
Gold Vs. Copper
Steven Saville - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 3:39PM CST
Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on Jan. 22, 2015. One of the most interesting aspects of the recent steep downward trend in the copper price is that it occurred in parallel with a rising trend in the gold price. This...
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Copper: The New Texas Tea
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 12:00PM CST
SCCO: 30.43 (+0.30), DBB: 15.26 (unch), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CU: 17.35 (+0.60), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), RJZ: 8.02 (+0.08), COPX: 7.00 (+0.25), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Copper: Further To Fall Or Overblown Market Slide?
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 8:22AM CST
By Stuart Burns Is copper in a death spiral of falling prices or has the fall been overblown? It's a question that is taxing both consumers and producers after the London Metal Exchange copper price plunged $500 a ton last week to a low point of...
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Treacherous Investment Climate: What To Watch
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 19, 4:10AM CST
The investment climate has become more treacherous. Weak wage growth and disinflationary headwinds are making market participants question likelihood of a Fed rate hike around mid-year. The Swiss National Bank's jettisoning its prior strategy has...
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), TUR: 52.00 (-0.06), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), BZF: 16.16 (-0.05), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXC: 79.78 (+0.19), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), NGE: 7.51 (-0.06), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27)
Are Commodity Trends Pointing To A Global Economic Slowdown?
Power Hedge - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 10:36AM CST
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Global Growth Scare Could Sink Stocks In 2015
Chris Puplava - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 12:45PM CST
First investors had to grapple with the implications of the crash in oil prices and now another shoe is dropping -- copper. Copper is commonly referred to by economists as "Dr. Copper" since it provides a decent health assessment of the...
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Falling Copper: Commodity Weakness Is Spreading
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 7:19AM CST
By Raul de Frutos Copper fell from $6,100/metric ton on Friday to $5,400/mt yesterday. That is an 11% drop in only 3 trading days. CME Copper spot price since 2012. Source: MetalMiner The move does not come as a surprise to us as we...
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Another -15% In Copper?
Ashraf Laidi - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 3:21AM CST
Wednesday's 4.3% slump in copper is the ninth consecutive daily decline in the metal, a pattern last seen 11 months ago during the peak of China's financing shenanigans -- when Chinese companies used the metal as collateral to access cheap-USD...
CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Freeport McMoRan -11% as copper collapses
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 9:28AM CST
SCCO: 30.43 (+0.30), HEVY: 28.73 (unch), DBB: 15.26 (unch), USMI: 19.72 (+0.30), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), BOM: 16.87 (+0.17), CLF: 7.00 (+0.35), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), UBM: 14.75 (-0.30), RGRI: 20.14 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.10), BDG: 16.45 (-0.66), JJM: 25.82 (-0.10), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), VALE: 8.05 (+0.32), BDD: 6.71 (-0.30), RJZ: 8.02 (+0.08), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Copper Makes A Move - Is Copper The Next Oil?
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 5:19AM CST
SCCO: 30.43 (+0.30), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), CU: 17.35 (+0.60), COPX: 7.00 (+0.25), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06)
Live Long And Prosper: The Beauty Of Low-Cost Production
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 5:05AM CST
DAG: 4.69 (+0.06), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), TAGS: 30.30 (+0.45), UAG: 21.09 (+0.09), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), AGF: 13.35 (+0.28), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), JJA: 40.54 (+0.51), AGA: 25.56 (-0.39), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), RGRA: 18.94 (-0.07), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 21.03 (+0.12), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), RJA: 7.09 (+0.08), DIRT: 36.61 (+0.42), FUD: 21.37 (+0.21), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
The Story Continues: Commodities Down While Dollar Rallies
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 4:28AM CST
By Raul De Frutos In 2014, The US dollar has caused a lot of damage to commodities, industrial metals included. Over the last decade, the correlation between the dollar and commodities has been very strong (a negative -0.75%). For this reason, it's...
FOIL: 27.33 (+0.55), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), JJU: 17.86 (+0.06), JJT: 39.67 (unch), CUPM: 28.84 (unch), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), USDU: 27.70 (unch), JJN: 19.36 (+0.08), LEDD: 31.96 (-0.21), CPER: 17.69 (+0.33), NINI: 25.79 (+0.13), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), LD: 40.12 (+0.71), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02)