By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News This week, a slew of bad news zapped copper’s recent rally. Copper fell in London on concerns about demand for the industrial metal after the International Monetary Fund said the global economy will shrink this year. Copper for delivery in three months lost $36.25, or 0.8 [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper climbed the most in over a week as dropping inventories signaled rising demand for the red metal. A huge drawdown in London Metal Exchange inventories provided the strongest boost to copper. Stockpiles monitored by the London Metal Exchange tumbled 2.4 per cent to 480,400 metric [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures closed with moderate losses on Wednesday but pushed into positive territory in after hours trading following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement to purchase long-term Treasury debt. Copper for May delivery finished $0.75 lower at $1.7165 a lb on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper is often looked to as a barometer of economic health due to its copious use in building and construction. When an economy is growing, copper use rises exponentially. In the early 2000′s rapid economic growth paved the way for an explosion in demand for the [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper prices may slump by more than half this year as the global recession cuts demand. MF Global Ltd., one of 12 companies that trade on the floor of the London Metal Exchange, predicts that the three-month contract may average $3,250 per metric tonne in [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper prices will be low in the near term as weak demand and piling inventories exert downward pressure, however, for the long term analysts are bullish. When the economic environment improves, investors will select profitable markets to invest in. The copper market considered by many to [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News With copper prices considered a barometer of economic growth, it is no surprise that the metal is having a rough go. Japan and Germany are in a full-fledged recession, and China and the U.S. are in bear markets teetering on the brink. The metal has lost [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News After the week started on a good note, on Wednesday a Fed warning that the U.S. economy still faces significant threats and bleak U.S economic data led Wall Street to its worst day since the 1987 stock market crash. Copper dropped as much as 8 per [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Monday Oct 13 2008 is a day that will go down in history. This day, which was also Canadian Thanksgiving, and Columbus Day in the US, was the first day in a long time that the markets gained significant upward momentum. Oct 13 was a record [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News On Monday, copper lead gains in metals traded on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as the greenback retreated from its recent stronghold. The dollar’s recent run to new highs against the euro has extended losses for the metals; the recent pullback is getting people back in [...]
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