JJCTF News and Press, iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return Sub-Index ETN From 12/21/19

The price of COMEX copper futures never traded above $1.6065 per pound before 2005. Double-digit economy growth in China and the use of the metal as a financing tool led to a fantastic rally that carried the red metal to a high at $4.16 in 2006. In 2008, the red metal made a higher high at $...

By Wenyu Yao, Senior Commodities Strategist Copper prices are at their highest since April, not least on reported trade talks progress. But it's not clear how long the rally will last Copper looks to be standing on firmer ground for now With copper seeing strong gains throughou...

While the precious metals miners have had a fantastic year, the copper miners ( COPX ) were left in the dust, with a relatively lifeless performance year-to-date. Much of this weakness has been tied to the China trade skirmishes, and this has unfortunately left the Copper Miners Index with onl...

Copper prices pause after racking up six straight sessions of gains as miners hedged to take advantage of the highest prices since July . More news on: Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Southern Copper Corporation, Teck Resources Limited, Commodities news, News on ETFs, Read more ...

Freeport McMoRan ( FCX +4.2% ) is among today's three biggest gainers on the S&P 500 and is now up more than 12% since last Friday, as copper prices touch their highest since July ; Comex copper currently +1.1% to $2.795/lb., up 2.8% so far this week. More news on: Freeport-McMoRa...

There can be a number of reasons for an investor wanting to have an allocation to gold. One reason for owning gold is it tends to serve as a safe haven asset and performs well in an environment where economic activity is slowing. On the other hand, investors might look to copper as an investme...

Our return from Thanksgiving break was certainly an interesting one. Right off the bat, we saw an almost 850-point drop in the Dow Jones from Black Friday until Tuesday as President Trump was quoted as saying that he saw the chances of a trade deal lessening. Markets were bailed out by a 4am a...

By Warren Patterson, Head of Commodities Strategy & Wenyu Yao, Senior Commodities Strategist Crude oil - OPEC+ action needed The oil market is set to return to surplus over the first half of 2020, and so expectations are that prices will weaken over 1H20. We are currently f...

Americas Gold and Silver Corporation ( USAS ) is a company that explores for silver, lead, zinc, and copper. Gold is a small bonus for the company as it is present in the ores. The company has been around since 1998 and changed its name in 2019. USAS's headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, Can...

The price of copper hit its lowest level since late 2016 in early September when the price of the nearby COMEX futures contract fell to a low at $2.4675 per pound. The active month December contract found its bottom at $2.4820. The base metal that is often a barometer for the health and wellbe...