Copper heads sideways

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GLOBAL X COPPER MINERS ETF $21.22 (New York symbol COPX; buy or sell through brokers; www.globalxfunds.com) tracks the Solactive Global Copper Miners Index, which includes 20 to 40 global firms that mine and explore for copper. Germany-based Structured Solutions AG created the index in April 2010. Canadian firms make up 37.3% of the ETF’s holdings. They also include companies based in Australia (9.8%), India (9.6%), Britain, 5.3%; and the U.S. (5.3%). The fund’s MER is 0.65%. Its top holdings are KAZ Minerals plc, 5.9%; Lundin Mining, 5.2%; KGHM Polska Miedz, 5.1%; Southern Copper, 5.1%; Antofagasta plc, 5.0%; Glencore plc, 5.0%; Jiangxi Copper, 4.9%; and Grupo Mexico, 4.8%. Copper prices have now moved up to $2.64 U.S. a pound from $2.10 in October 2016. Improving global economies and uncertain supply could push copper higher still. In the near term, though, the metal’s outlook is sideways. Global X Copper Miners ETF is a hold. hold…