Wednesday copper price played a little catch up with copper stocks
Copper stocks have been moving steadily higher recently in anticipation of a turn in the eight week downward trend in the price of copper itself. Now the price of copper is showing some of the upward movement that the rally in copper stocks anticipated. For example,...
As promised in my YouTube video: How to position a portfolio for this market (additional thoughts)
To continue from my last post: Second, I think it’s just as important to recognize that even though the market is very slow and very reluctant to abandon a profitable long-tern macro story, it is very comfortable and indeed very adept at recognizing shorter term...
Today the market looks a lot like “before the Fed Wednesday”
Remember way back at the beginning of last week? That is before the Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that more of the members of its Open Market Committee were thinking about raising interest rates sooner than previously expected. Re-opening stocks, value stocks,...
Selling Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold out of Jubak Picks on valuation
Copper has rallied–again–to a new 10-year high and that has taken Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold to $39.53 today, April 28, as of 3:50 p.m.. That’s above my target price in my Jubak Picks Portfolio of $34. So today I’m selling this position....
Apparently everybody decided today that tomorrow’s March jobs report will show accelerating economic growth
With the financial markets closed tomorrow for Good Friday, traders and investors jumped in to buy today ahead of what is expected to be a jobs report tomorrow morning showing unemployment dropping to 6.0% (by the official measure) from 6.2% in February. The Standard...
A wild day for stock gains–although you wouldn’t know it from the indexes
At the close today the Standard & Poor’s 500 was down 0.19%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended dead even. The NASDAQ Composite “soared” 0.07%. It wasn’t until you looked at the Russell 2000 small cap index that you saw any signs of...
FCX hold: Mixed signals still add up to plus
Back on January 26 copper miner Freeport McMoRan (FCX) dropped sharply–down 6.5%–when the company lowered guidance for production in 2021. For 2021 Freeport McMoRan expects sales of 3.8 billion pounds of copper and 1.3 million ounces of gold. In October...
Adding copper miner Freeport to Jubak Picks Portfolio tomorrow
Commodities have soared on prospects for a post-coronavirus vaccine economic recovery. And copper is one of the best commodities to own in order to in the recovery of the global economy–and especially the growth in the Chinese economy–as the coronavirus...
China’s economy grows faster than expected in November
China’s official Purchasing Managers Index for Manufacturing rose to 52.1 in November. The was up from 51.4 in October. And beat the 51.5 median estimate from economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The index for the non-manufacturing sector climbed to 56.4 in...
Selling copper pick Freeport McMoran on fears of U.S./China tariff war
Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) was the third and last copper stock I added to my portfolios back in January 12, 2018–after Southern Copper (SCCO) and First Quantum Minerals (FQMLF). I added so much copper since copper prices were soaring in 2017–up...
I’m adding copper exposure to my Jubak’s Picks Portfolio by moving Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold from my 50 Stocks Portfolio
By this time I think you get the message: I like the trend in copper prices and copper stocks over the next five years. I’ve added copper producers South Copper (SCCO) to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio and First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) to my volatility...
Today it’s copper
Copper for September delivery closed up 2.84% today. Copper stocks did even better with Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) closed up 5.73% for example. Southern Copper (SCCO) ended the day ahed 3.37%. And First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) traded up 10.14%. So...
Freeport McMoRan and Indonesia agree to extend agreement deadline for another 6 months
The stakes are so high that a deal is almost a certainty. Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold  (FCX) needs the copper production from the giant Grasberg mine, the second largest in the world. The government of Indonesia needs the revenue it gains from Grasberg....
Copper headed higher? For Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold this may not end badly but it won’t end soon
Update February 22,2017. With the world’s largest copper mine at Escondida in Chile out on strike, the fight between Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) and Indonesia is a big, big deal. Copper has already climbed above $6,000 a metric ton and the metal is...Some hope for the company but disappointingly familiar news for copper in Freeport-McMoRan earnings today
The story in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX) third quarter earnings report today was better news for the company than it was for the copper market in particular or the global commodities sector in general. The company did miss Wall Street estimates on...Update BHP Billiton (BHP)
As tea leaves go, those presented to investors in BHP Billiton’s (BHP) February 16 post-earnings-report conference call could have been a bit clearer. I think the way to decide buy/sell/hold on BHP and on the mining sector as a whole is to look past the very confusing...Update Freeport McMoRan (FCX)
What if you’re wrong? Always a possibility worth contemplating. Last week (January 20 and 21), I gave you a pretty pessimistic view of the prospects for the world’s emerging stock markets—and emerging-economy-dependent stocks such as those of commodity...For thrills and chills–and profits–there's nothing quite like copper (although I'd put off buying for a few weeks)
Just because your favorite roller coaster is closed for the winter season doesn’t mean you have to give up thrills and spills—there’s always the copper market. Copper hit a record high on the London Metal Exchange on January 4, and moved to a three-and-a-half year...Buy Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX)
On December 9 Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) announced that it would pay a special dividend of $1 a share on December 30 (to shareholders of record on December 20). In addition the company announced a 2 for 1 stock split effective on February 1, 2011. This...Copper glitters even more than gold
Copper, that other shiny golden metal, is just as hot as gold right now. And I think the fundamentals for copper are better. After an extraordinary run, Copper pulled back a bit yesterday.  If I see a few days of profit taking, I’d look to buy copper stocks. Which...Is the earnings rally starting to lose steam? Big surprises are moving stocks less
As earnings rallies drive along–and we’re sure in one now–investors gradually start to expect good news. More and more earnings surprises are anticipated by stock prices that start to climb before the results are reported. Part way through the...Update Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold FCX
At least they were honest. Executives at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) told Wall Street on July 21 that they weren’t seeing any signs of a recovery in developed economies that would lead the company to restart its idled U.S. copper mines. So where...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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