Danielle’s biweekly market update

Danielle was a guest with Jim Goddard on Talk Digital Network, discussing recent developments in the world economy and markets. You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.

Also, see Copper rally driven by speculation, not fundamentals:

Spec­u­lat­ors are play­ing more of a role than phys­ical demand and sup­ply. In the US, the Com­mod­ity Futures Trad­ing Com­mis­sion tracks data on non-com­mer­cial trad­ing (long pos­i­tions versus short) of cer­tain com­mod­it­ies. For cop­per the net long pos­i­tion has surged since Feb­ru­ary, near the top of the 10-year range. Investors have been buy­ing cop­per for months rather than simply clos­ing out short pos­i­tions. This is where the mar­ginal cop­per buyer is com­ing from.