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Commercial Traders Cap Copper

Copper is frequently referred to as the economist of the metal markets. This is because copper is used in nearly everything that’s made. If it’s not in the final product, it’s certainly in the
production facilities and the machines used to make it. Therefore, one assumes that the more copper a business or country buys, the more production they see in their near future. This is part of the
reason copper has such a high correlation with rising stock markets. In fact, the correlation relationship between the copper market and the S&P 500   hasn’t been negative since the …