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		<title>(FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Strike Called Off</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/30/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-strike-called-off/87732</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers at  Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold (FCX) decided to end a strike at Peruvian copper mine Cerro Verde that began almost two months ago. Union workers discontinued their work in September 2011 to back demands for higher pay. Cerro Verde has been operating the mine at two-thirds of the normal daily rate with supervisors and volunteer personnel. As per the union, no agreement was reached with the company. However, workers expect authorities from Arequipa region, where the mine is located, to issue a resolution in the coming days in order to resolve the dispute. The union called off the strike so that the regional government could take a decision. However, the country&#8217;s longest-running mining dispute still continues at Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia. Miners at Grasberg, the world&#8217;s second-biggest copper ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Faces Labor Action</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-faces-labor-action/83305</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-faces-labor-action/83305#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold&#8216;s (FCX) Grasberg mine in Indonesia plan to go on strike in the coming days after talks with the company failed to resolve a pay dispute, a move that could tighten global copper supplies and lift prices. A strike would be the second in two months at Grasberg, the world&#8217;s third biggest copper mine that also has the biggest gold reserves, after the eight-day stoppage in July 2011 caused production losses and helped push copper prices to three-month highs. The strike by 8,000 workers halted ore shipments and caused a production loss of 60,000 ounces of gold and 35 million pounds (15,876 tons) of copper. The company&#8217;s union in Indonesia, which represents about 8,000 workers, have demanded a pay rise to between $17.5 to $43 ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Mine Workers on Strike</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-mine-workers-on-strike/78370</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of workers kicked off a weeklong strike at  Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold Inc.&#8217;s (FCX) gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, demanding higher wages and protesting the dismissal of their union leaders. The US mining giant insists that the work stoppage at the Grasberg mine in the remote province of Papua will not affect production. As per the company’s website Grasberg mine contains the world’s largest recoverable reserves of copper and the biggest single gold reserve. The workers called for a re-negotiating contract and management failed to re-negotiate contracts seeking wage increases from $1.8 to $15 per hour as the workers argue that other Freeport workers around the world are paid at least $15-30 per hour. Thousands of other striking workers, marching from the company&#8217;s mine area Tembagapura, were ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Anatomy of Naked Put Trades</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/fcx-anatomy-of-naked-put-trades/77651</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FCX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I review two short or “naked” put trades I have talked about this month to show examples of how this option technique can be used successfully to either generate income or to buy your favorite names at a discount. On paper, one of the open trades is a winner, and one is a loser. But even the loser I am very comfortable with and I will explain why in detail. We’ll knock out the winner first and review the positive rationale and mechanics for using puts to earn option premium or to establish a buying level for a stock. On June 1 I talked about selling puts on Freeport McMoRan (FCX) on any weakness because as stock prices fall, put prices rise. I specifically mentioned selling the July 48 ]]></description>
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		<title>(PBM) Catalyst Health Solutions Acquires FutureScripts</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/14/pbm-catalyst-health-solutions-acquires-futurescripts/51475</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Express Scripts Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jefferies Group Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MedcoHealth Solutions Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expanding its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) solutions, on Monday, Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (CHSI) announced the purchase of all the PBM units of Independence Blue Cross (IBC) ? FutureScripts LLC and FutureScripts Secure LLC ? for an all cash transaction of $225 million. Both the entities have also received the regulatory approvals relevant for the deal. According to the terms laid, IBC has agreed to allow Catalyst Health to manage the former’s PBM service operations for a new 10-year term period. Moreover, IBC has included the future tax benefit for Catalyst Health in the deal value, based on the arrangement of the transaction. On August 4, both Catalyst Health and IBC had agreed on the terms of the deal. While Jefferies &#38; Company Inc. of Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF) acted ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Net Income Shoots Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/22/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-net-income-shoots-up/34620</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold Inc. (FCX) reported net income of $897 million or $2.00 per share in the first quarter of 2010, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.92 per share. Earnings improved significantly from a modest net income of $43 million, $0.11 per share in the first-quarter 2009. Revenues climbed 68% to $4.4 billion helped by surging prices of copper, gold and molybdenum. Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan has been showing signs of recovery. The company’s earnings rose for the first time in the third quarter of 2009 on higher sales to China and other developing countries, as well as lower costs of production and delivery. The market for base metals like copper has improved, although global demand outside China remains weak. Copper sales volumes were down 4% in the quarter to ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) U.S. Industrial Production Inches Higher</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/15/fcx-u-s-industrial-production-inches-higher/34013</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March, total Industrial Production rose by 0.1%. While that is a slowdown from recent growth rates, and far below consensus expectations of 0.7% growth, if one looks beyond the headline number, it is actually a fairly positive report. For starters, each of the previous three months was revised higher, with growth in February now estimated at 0.3% rather than the original 0.1%, January rising 1.0% instead of 0.9% and December showing growth of 0.7% rather than 0.5%. Those upward revisions are a very good omen for first quarter GDP growth. Year over year, industrial production is up 4.0%. Total industrial production includes not just the output of the nation&#8217;s factories, but of its mines and utilities as well. It is the utility portion that tends to cause the most ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Earns Positive Rating From Fitch</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/29/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-earns-positive-rating-from-fitch/32179</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold Inc. (FCX) shares rose 1.6% or $1.26 to close at $79.17 in after-trade hours after Fitch Ratings Services affirmed the issuer default rating and debt ratings of the world&#8217;s largest publicly traded copper company. Fitch has retained its &#8220;BBB-&#8221; rating for issuer default as well as revolving bank loans of $1 billion and $500 million and unsecured notes due in 2015 and 2017, besides 7% convertible notes due in 2011, reports AP. Fitch’s “BBB&#8221; rating is issued for all investment grade medium class companies. Debt of such companies is long-term debt, which is satisfactory at the moment for Freeport. Fitch has assigned a “Positive&#8221; rating outlook to the stock. Fitch is positive on Freeport’s strategy of debt reduction and its strong cash flow. Freeport’s total debt ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Producer Price Index Falls More Than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/17/fcx-producer-price-index-falls-more-than-expected/30927</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, the Producer Price Index (PPI) fell by 0.6%, a far bigger decline than the 0.2% drop expected by the consensus of forecasts. However, all of the decline came from a bigger-than-expected fall in Energy prices. The core index, which strips out the volatile food and energy components rose by 0.1%, which was in line with forecasts. The decline in the headline number only partially reversed the big 1.4% increase in January, which came on top of a 0.4% rise in December. Core prices have been much more stable (as is normally the case) with this month’s 0.1% rise coming on top of a 0.3% increase in January and an unchanged reading in December.  Unfortunately, energy prices, especially crude oil, have rallied so far in March, so the headline number for March ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Outperforms Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/21/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-outperforms-expectations/25682</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world’s largest publicly traded copper company, Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold Inc. (FCX), reported fourth-quarter 2009 earnings of $2.15 per share, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.59 per share. Earnings represented a significant turnaround from a $14 billion loss in the same quarter the previous year. Revenues more than doubled to $4.61 billion. Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan has been showing signs of recovery. The company’s earnings rose in the third quarter for the first time in 2009 on higher sales to China and other developing countries, as well as lower costs for production and delivery. Freeport’s performance reflects a successful execution of various cost-reduction initiatives and higher ore grades at Grasberg. The company is responding aggressively to the economic downturn by curtailing production levels, cutting costs, reducing exploration expenditures and ]]></description>
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		<title>(TGB) Taseko Mines Ltd &#8211; Many Mining Companies are Thriving</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/01/tgb-taseko-mines-ltd-many-mining-companies-are-thriving/21703</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock of the Day by Sheena Martin, Contributing Editor It’s no secret that many mining companies are thriving at the moment, as a weak dollar and the prospect of inflation attract investors to precious metals. Prices for commodities typically rise when the dollar falls and fall when the dollar rises. So metals make a steady investment during the recession. In light of this, the share price of Canadian-based Taseko Mines Ltd (AMEX: TGB) has risen steadily this year. From a price of $1.50 per share in June, it hit a 52-week high of $3.59 this week. And buying intensity has grown with the company’s recent sale of mining assets. Taseko’s mining and exploration projects include copper, molybdenum, gold and niobium. And interest in these metals is strong as the economy ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Weak Dollar has put a bid into commodities &#8211; driving shares of resources companies</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/29/fcx-weak-dollar-has-put-a-bid-into-commodities-driving-shares-of-resources-companies/21413</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeport McMoran Copper Gold Co. (FCX) recently hit another 52-week high above $87 as both gold and copper continue to surge, with gold generating a buzz on the Street while approaching the $1,200 level. Shares of FCX have been riding a very smooth trend line higher for most of the last 6 months, look for this area to provide support on any kind of pullback. Take a look at the nice trend below. Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) has also been on a rally of its own, taking flight on the heels of elevated energy prices. Shares are once again within striking distance of the 52-week high just above $30. We also have a bullish MACD in tow, with the short-term moving average trending above the long-term average. Take a ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCU) Southern Copper Corporation&#8217;s Earnings Jump</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/12/pcu-southern-copper-corporations-earnings-jump/20379</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southern Copper Corporation (PCU), one of the leading copper producers in the world, posted net earnings of 37 cents in the third quarter of 2009, better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents. Earnings jumped 78.6% from 21 cents sequentially while it declined 22.3% from 47 cents year on year. The company attributed lower costs for driving earnings. Operating costs decreased 15.8% year over year due to higher productivity. Copper production in the quarter improved 1.3% to 120,240 tons from 118,657 tons, driven by higher production at the La Caridad mine in Mexico and the Peruvian mines, on the back of better ore grades. Molybdenum production increased 14.3% to 5,191 tons, compared to 4,541 tons in the year-ago quarter. Higher ore grades and recoveries lead to an increase of ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Economists See No Inflation Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/09/fcx-economists-see-no-inflation-problem/20054</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barrick Gold Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analytically, there are three components to an interest rate. The first is the risk that the money will not be paid back. This is a very big factor when dealing with corporate bonds, especially junk bonds. For the U.S. government&#8217;s obligations, as the owner of a nice shiny printing press that can always be turned on to pay back any obligation denominated in dollars, that part is assumed to be zero. The second part is expected inflation. After all, if you decide that you want to consume something later, rather than today, and thus decide to save and invest your money, you want to be sure the dollar you put away today buys at least as much in, say, ten years that it does today. If you expect that it ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Freeport McMoRan Outperforms</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/21/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-outperforms/18387</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeport McMoRan (FCX), the large-cap global mining company, reported its third quarter earnings earlier today. The company reported earnings of $2.07 per share compared to $1.31 per share in the third quarter of 2008. This handily beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.18 per share. The company’s performance reflects successful execution of various cost-reduction initiatives. The company is responding aggressively to the economic downturn by curtailing production levels, cutting costs, reducing exploration expenditures and deferring capital spending. Sales volumes in the quarter were 1.0 billion pounds of copper, 706,000 ounces of gold and 16 million pounds of molybdenum, compared to 1.0 billion million pounds of copper, 307,000 ounces of gold and 19 million pounds of molybdenum in the third quarter of 2008. Consolidated gold sales were higher than the year-ago ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Industrial Production Capacity Utilization Improves</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/16/fcx-industrial-production-capacity-utilization-improves/17867</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eaton Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, total Industrial Production rose by 0.7% from August &#8212; its third straight monthly increase after a string where it was down 17 of 18 months. Total Capacity Utilization also climbed to 70.5%, up from an upwardly revised 69.9% (originally 69.6%) in August. While both are still at extremely low levels, the three straight months of improvement is a VERY good sign. Turning first the the Industrial Production numbers, the increase in total production was 0.7%, which is a distinct slowdown from the 1.2% gain in August, and from the 0.9% gain in July. However, the August number was revised up sharply from 0.8% growth originally reported (July was revised down from up 1.0%). Thus the gain was coming against a higher base than was thought, and things were better in August than we thought. Still, from ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) These two stocks continue to hit new highs &#8211; Charting Zacks Elite Stocks</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/09/fcx-these-two-stocks-continue-to-hit-new-highs-charting-zacks-elite-stocks/17298</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeport McMoran Copper &#38; Gold Inc. (FCX) took a hit with the overall market in the big sell off of late 2008 and early 2009, but shares have since recovered nicely and posted big gains after bottoming out in early March. More recently shares have been pressuring an area of resistance from about a year ago at the $75 mark. If shares are rejected the trend line higher that began in early March should provide support, take a look below. Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. (SWM) recently hit another new 52-week and all-time high, breaking past a key level of short-term resistance just above $57. Shares have been advancing along a fairly aggressive trend line since gapping open higher in early August on a solid earnings surprise. The MACD signal is also ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCU) Dr. Copper: Sending Pullback Signal?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/03/pcu-dr-copper-sending-pullback-signal/16506</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Southern Copper Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copper has long been called the &#8220;metal with the PhD&#8221; or the &#8220;smart&#8221; metal because of its apparent ability to predict changes in the economy based on metal demand and pricing. Copper is used in many industrial capacities, but especially in piping in residential and commercial construction. On Mar 6, we discussed the signals copper was sending about the status of the global economic recovery as metal prices were soaring but the stock market was not in a blog post called Dr. Copper Sends Signals. Back in March, copper and copper stocks were behaving differently from the rest of the market. Copper mining stocks hit their lows in November and then roared from there. They were not hitting new lows in March like the rest of the overall stock market. ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Mines Make Excellent Earth Day Investments</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/04/23/fcx-mines-make-excellent-earth-day-investments/5946</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by The Investment U Research Team In honor of Earth Day, we looked at a few companies dealing specifically in earth, lots of it. Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) are the largest diversified mining and resources companies in the world. While we can’t talk on their environmental impacts, which may or may not be great, we can look at their place in the global markets and the commodities cycle. It’s no surprise that they are stable barometers of the economic health of the world economy. And like Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) they’ve seen their profits sink over the past year as the downturn went global and commodity prices fell off a cliff. BHP has been discounting its coal rates to help move its production along, selling ]]></description>
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		<title>(WIRE) Encore Wire Corporation &#8211; Value &#8211; Zacks Rank Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/02/23/wire-encore-wire-corporation-value-zacks-rank-buy/3552</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encore Wire Corporation (WIRE) continues to outperform even while it customers operate in one of the toughest sectors in the economy: construction. On Feb 9, Encore beat Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter by 69.82%. Encore Wire manufactures a range of copper electrical wire for interior wiring in homes, apartments, manufactured housing and commercial and industrial buildings. The company reported fourth-quarter 2008 earnings of 72 cents per share which beat analysts&#8217; estimates by 44 cents. WIRE reported a loss of 5 cents in the fourth-quarter of the prior year. Fiscal 2008 EPS jumped 31% to $1.70 compared to $1.30 per share in fiscal 2007. Sales fell to $180.2 million from $281.9 million in the year ago period but net income rose to $16.7 million from a loss of $1.1 ]]></description>
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		<title>(WIRE) Encore Wire Corporation &#8211; Beat Wall Street Third Quarter Estimates by 25.93%</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/12/24/wire-encore-wire-corporation-beat-wall-street-third-quarter-estimates-by-2593/1833</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encore Wire Corporation (WIRE) beat third quarter estimates by 25.93% even as it navigates the downturn in the construction industry and volatile copper prices. WIRE has a forward P/E of 14.4. Company Description Encore Wire manufactures a range of copper electrical wire for interior wiring in homes, apartments, manufactured housing and commercial and industrial buildings from its 120-acre corporate and manufacturing campus in McKinney, Texas. Encore Beat Wall Street Third Quarter Estimates by 25.93% Despite a challenging residential and commercial construction market, on Oct 22, Encore Wire reported third-quarter results that surprised on analysts&#8217; estimates by 7 cents a share. Net income rose 40% to $8.1 million, or 34 cents per share, from $5.8 million, or 24 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2007. Analysts expected 27 cents. ]]></description>
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		<title>(FCX) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 1 – 7, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/09/08/fcx-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-september-1-%e2%80%93-7-2008/487</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors not only returned to a shortened trading week after the Labor Day holiday on Monday, but also to a bruising on stock markets, at least for those with long equity positions. Concerns about the global economic outlook and continued financial duress spooked bourses around the world, with a number of other factors also adding to investors’ nervousness. In particular, Pimco’s Bill Gross, the manager of the world&#8217;s largest bond fund, said the US needed to step up and buy assets to avoid a “financial tsunami” (Bill is renowned for talking his book on occasion!), Dwight Anderson’s big Ospraie commodity hedge fund closed after suffering large losses, and Russia was selling foreign currency reserves to prop up the rouble after foreign capital fled the country following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Georgia. ]]></description>
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		<title>(OLN) &#8211; Olin Corp &#8211; Sales for the quarter were up 61% from the same period last year</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/07/30/oln-olin-corp-sales-for-the-quarter-were-up-61-from-the-same-period-last-year/251</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olin Corporation&#8217;s (OLN) share price has been steadily advancing for most of the year, recently hitting a new 52-week and all-time high above $29. This recent price strength comes on the heels of the company&#8217;s strong second-quarter results in which revenue was up 38% from the same period last year.Olin Corporation manufactures and sells industrial chemical products to commercial customers in the United States. The company was founded in 1892, has a market cap of $2.12 billion and is headquartered in Clayton Missouri. Second-Quarter Results Olin Corp reported solid second-quarter results on Friday, July 25 that gave the company&#8217;s stock price a big jolt. Sales for the quarter were up 61% from the same period last year to $428.3 million. Including the company&#8217;s acquisition of Pioneer, net income totaled $35.5 ]]></description>
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