EVs add to copper’s outlook

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GLOBAL X COPPER MINERS ETF, $43.86, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol COPX; buy or sell through brokers; www.globalxfunds.com) lets you track the Solactive Global Copper Miners Index, with 30 global mining and exploration firms. It started up in April 2010. Canadian firms make up 30.2% of the ETF’s holdings. They also include companies based in Australia (12.7%), the U.S. (9.9%), Japan (8.6%), China (6.9%) and the U.K. (5.4%). The fund charges an acceptable 0.65% MER. The ETF’s top holdings include Sumitomo Metal Mining, 6.0%; Teck Resources, 5.7%; Freeport-McMoRan, 5.4%; First Quantum, 5.4%; BHP Group, 5.3%; Boliden AB, 5.2%; Grupo Mexico, 5.2%; Glencore, 5.0%; Zijin Mining, 4.9%; and Ivanhoe Mines, 4.9%. Investors benefit from copper’s jump to $4.64 U.S. a pound. That rise reflects optimism about a post-pandemic global recovery. The rising demand for electric-powered cars —they contain about 80% more copper than gasoline-powered vehicles—is another driver. This fund is a buy. buy…