I agree with elitejets short term. The breakout above $4 in copper could be retested soon. Long term though fundamentals and price action looks promising. But do thorough research before jumping in as timing is always important. Attached is a five year chart and stock levels in the LME.
Gold & Silver Margin Increase and Copper Margin Decrese at CME
Looks like the CME is increasing margins on Gold and Silver again, but is decreasing the margin for Copper.
Here’s a snippet of the article:
For the 100-ounce Comex gold contract, the margin for “initial” speculative positions will rise to $6,751 from $6,075 for speculators. For hedgers and “maintenance” of existing speculative positions, it will rise to $5,001 from $4,500.
In the 5,000-ounce silver contract, the margin for “initial” speculative positions will rise to $11,138 from $10,463. For hedgers and “maintenance” of existing spec positions, the margin climbs to $8,250 from $7,750.
Meanwhile, for the Comex copper contract, the “initial” margin for speculators will fall to $5,738 from $6,413. In the case of hedgers and “maintenance” of speculative positions, the margin declines to $4,250 from $4,750.
Is this bullish for Copper and bearish for Gold and Silver maybe?
That's interesting! Although I would need a lot of 2p's to have anything worthwhile and as I was just reading - "Royal Mint warned that it was an offence for a member of the public "to melt down a coin of the realm".
I did have some shares in Antofagasta, a big copper mining company but I sold them once I made 100%. Maybe I should have kept them... Having said that, the company I bought shares in with the profit, Bowleven, are now 130% up and I haven't owned them long. They were tipped to me by someone in the know. Anyone who buys shares I would suggest having a look at them. I think this will be a big year for these guys but do your own research of course!