Fundamentals are just taking a back seat at the moment (to funds). |
I wouldn't want to put a top on it at the moment. It has still got a lot of wind in its sales. |
In recent months we have seen a whole different type of fund come in. Myself and a number of my colleagues who have been in this business for years have never seen anything like this. |
It is going to require a lot of nerve to sell short in this market. The fundamentals are supportive and inventories are falling. |
It is hard to say where we go from here, but this (fund) money will keep flowing in. |
It is too early to say whether this is the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end. |
Mine production is nowhere near what we thought it would be at the start of the year. |
Nobody is paying attention to any fundamental news. The funds are still piling in. |
Reduced production in Zambia adds further pressure under a market already bubbling. |
That would mean using a lot of electricity to pump sea water ashore and round the tank system. That would probably contribute to global warming. The fish would not strictly speaking be in its natural environment, because it would not be in the open sea. People want to produce food cheaply and this would simply increase costs by a huge amount. |
The Chinese have just added to the nervousness of a market that was already nervous. This market is flying on vapor now. |
The fundamentals have become superfluous. None of the metals would be where they are today without the influence of fund buying. |
The market continues to be pushed about on relatively thin volumes. |
The market continues to be supported from a fundamental perspective by a combination of falling stocks and supply disruptions. |
The market was looking for a reason to buy copper again and the strikes were a perfect excuse. |