Will scrap metal make a rebound?
Metals such as copper and aluminum are closely watched by certain market participants due to their correlation with economic activity. The price of copper has been on a five year decline, for instance, as economic activity in China had slowed. Now, however, there are new signs of life in a little known sub-set of the copper and aluminum markets that may indicate a larger trend is about to begin.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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