JJCTF News and Press, iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return Sub-Index ETN From 01/23/20

Commodity traders spooked by the spread of the China coronavirus and the potential for a slowdown in global economic growth sent front-month Nymex copper futures -1.5% to $2.726/lb. today, marking a sixth consecutive decline that marks the longest losing streak since July 2018. More ne...

Traders call copper "Dr. Copper" because he has a Ph.D in economics. In fact, most of the time, Dr. Copper forecasts recessions and recoveries, inflation and deflation, far more accurately than his colleagues in the "dismal science," so it pays to pay attention to his macroeconomic messages. ...

Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX ) finished among today's top two performers on the S&P 500, +4.9% , as rising copper and gold prices have created positive cash flow expectations for the company. More news on: Freeport-McMoRan Inc., iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN, Global ...

Copper is the leader of the pack when it comes to the nonferrous metals that trade on the London Metals Exchange in the forward market, and on the COMEX division of the CME in the futures arena. Chile is the world's leading producer of the red metal, but output comes from other nations around ...

Copper production fell at Chile's state miner Codelco and BHP's (NYSE: BHP ) Escondida mine in November, a turbulent month of riots and mass protests in the country, state copper agency Cochilco reports. More news on: BHP Group, Anglo American plc, Anglo American plc ADR, Commodities ne...

Trading exchanges in the US and UK went from member-owned clubs where a "seat" or membership bestowed trading rights on the holder. The advent of electronic trading made it necessary for exchanges to make significant investments in technology. Before this century, there were many independent e...

Copper is a bellwether commodity. The price of the nonferrous metal reflected the health and wellbeing of the global economy. Moreover, the price of copper tends to move higher or lower with the Chinese economy. While economic growth in the world's most populous nation has slowed, GDP expansio...

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Doctor Copper diagnoses the health and wellbeing of the global economy. Since China is the demand side of the equation in the copper market, the trade war weighed heavily on the price of the red metal in 2018 and 2019. The high in copper in 2018 was more than 30 cents per pound above the p...

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 $...