United States Copper Index Fund (CPER)
| Assets | $333.77M |
| Expense Ratio | 0.97% |
| PE Ratio | n/a |
| Shares Out | 8.10M |
| Dividend (ttm) | n/a |
| Dividend Yield | n/a |
| Ex-Dividend Date | n/a |
| Payout Frequency | n/a |
| Payout Ratio | n/a |
| Volume | 284,864 |
| Open | 30.77 |
| Previous Close | 30.88 |
| Day's Range | 30.65 - 30.88 |
| 52-Week Low | 25.10 |
| 52-Week High | 36.69 |
| Beta | 0.48 |
| Holdings | 6 |
| Inception Date | Nov 15, 2011 |
About CPER
Fund Home PageThe United States Copper Index Fund (CPER) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the SummerHaven Copper index. The fund tracks a rules-based index of copper futures contracts selected based on the shape of the copper futures curve. CPER was launched on Nov 15, 2011 and is issued by Marygold.
Performance
CPER had a total return of 9.68% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 1.46%.
News
Adani unit signs deal with Australia's Caravel Minerals copper project
India's Adani Enterprises said on Thursday its unit Kutch Copper Ltd (KCL) has signed a non-binding deal with Australia's Caravel Minerals to accelerate development of a copper project in Western Aust...
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Prices on the London Metal Exchange climbed to $11,146 a ton after a series of disruptions at major mines and weaker forecasts from leading producers.
Copper Set to Begin a New Bull Cycle: What's Driving The Move
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StanChart's Cooper on Gold, Silver Losses
Suki Cooper, Global Head of Commodities Research at Standard Chartered Bank, sheds light on the confluence of factors that have come together as gold and silver extend losses. She speaks on Bloomberg'...
Cooper Cos. Stock Rises as Report Says Activist Investor Takes Stake
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The AI Buildout Is Pushing Copper Prices Higher. 3 Stocks to Consider.
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Copper Prices Exposed to AI Downturn Risk: Trafigura
Trafigura Chief Economist Saad Rahim discusses the copper markets and says there's a risk of pullback in prices as investment in AI infrastructure wanes. "The AI story is the future, but it's not yet ...
Commerzbank questions recent surge in copper price given dodgy supply situation
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BHP CEO Mike Henry: Expect copper demand to grow by up to 70% by 2050
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Tariffs Are Making Copper Harder to Get. Recycling It Could be a Quick Fix.
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Why Copper Is Set to Soar: Grasberg Shutdown, Electrification, and AI Boom
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Why Copper's Supply Crisis Could Deliver 20-30% Returns Through 2027
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Existing Home Sales Better Than Expected, Watch Copper & Miners
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Freeport Stock Edges Up After Sharp Drop. Impact of Copper Mine Accident Will Linger.
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Copper surges on major mine disruption; platinum tightness continues
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Anglo American, Codelco finalise $5 billion Chilean copper mines deal
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Watch Copper for Next Big Market Breakout: 3-Minute MLIV
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Mining Megadeal Shows the World Is Crazy for Copper
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Milei's push to ‘Make Argentina Great Again' puts copper potential in the spotlight
Argentina's President Javier Milei is scrambling to realize the South American country's copper potential. Ro Dhawan, CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), described Argentina ...
Copper hits one-month peak on strong China factory data, weak dollar
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.2% at $9,886 a metric ton after touching its highest since July 24 at $9,947.
Copper Is Struggling. European Defense Spending Could Help.
In the short term, copper may have farther to fall.
"Defensive" SPX, Gold's "Make or Break" Moment & Copper's Critical Support
According to Kevin Green, the SPX has been making lower lows as the index sees continued compression around the 6,440 level. Gold has been seen making lower highs as the metal also saw heavy consolida...
Why Lithium, Copper, and Uranium Are Set to Soar in the Global Energy Transition
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Argentina's copper dreams need infrastructure - but who will build it?
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US Copper Plunges After Trump's Tariff Surprise
President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on copper imports, but exempted refined metals that are the mainstay of international trading, triggering a record plunge for US prices. Martin Ritchie repor...
Trump's 50% copper tariff includes a major exemption. That won't halt price rises
The White House's final order on copper tariffs puts a 50% duty on semi-finished products such as pipes, rods and wires, but not on raw input materials as had been expected. Refined copper has been po...
Trump tariff reversal sinks copper prices, bearish outlook for LME
US President Donald Trump's decision to exclude refined metal from his proposed import tariff led to an immediate and significant drop of over 19% in COMEX copper. Wednesday saw the most significant i...
Global power grid expansion fuels fresh copper demand surge
Copper demand is rising faster than the industry anticipated, driven by billions of dollars being invested worldwide to modernise and expand power grids for the digital and clean energy revolutions th...
Popular copper trade comes to a sudden stop as Trump's import tariff won't include refined copper
President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday afternoon to impose a tariffs staring August 1 on imports of certain copper products, but not on refined copper itself, has likely brought a halt to a popul...
Trump Just Crashed the Copper Market
The president unveiled a 50% tariff on copper products, but not on the raw material itself.
Trump Targets Copper With Tariffs, Though Not as Aggressively as Expected
The president stopped short of putting a 50 percent tariff on refined copper, as he had threatened earlier this year. The market reaction was swift anyway and prices tumbled.
Trump slaps universal 50% tariff on copper imports; metal's price plunges
President Trump on Wednesday signed on order imposing a universal 50% tariff on copper imports, the latest metal he has targeted with a steep import tax.
Trump imposes universal 50% tariff on copper imports, White House says
President Donald Trump has signed an order imposing a universal 50% tariff on copper, the White House says. The new duty takes effect on Friday, the same day his "reciprocal" tariffs and other duties ...
Trump issues blitz of tariff announcements on copper, Brazil, small-value imports
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a blitz of tariff announcements ranging from changes to previously threatened levies on imports of copper and on goods from Brazil to ending an exemptio...
Trump's 50% tariff on copper imports is set to start Friday. Here's what could happen.
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Chile will ask US to include copper within US-Chile trade deal
Chile expects U.S. copper tariffs to be discussed within broader U.S. trade talks in Washington this week, Finance Minister Mario Marcel said on Monday in an interview with local radio program Duna.
The copper market is strong with demand drivers, says Freeport-McMoran CEO Kathleen Quirk
Kathleen Quirk, Freeport McMoran CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the impact of tariffs on copper, demand for the commodity and the tailwind AI infrastructure provides.
India's Adani, MetTube partner for copper tubes business
India's Adani Enterprises said on Thursday it will divest 50% of its copper tubes business to MetTube Copper India in a bid to boost domestic copper tube production and reduce reliance on imports.
Chile bumps up copper price forecast, flags lagging Collahuasi output
Top copper supplier Chile on Wednesday bumped up its outlook for prices of the red metal, though it flagged lagging output from a major mine operated by Glencore and Anglo American as weighing on econ...
Copper Fever Cools. The Case to Sell This Mining Stock.
Tuesday, Morgan Stanley analyst downgraded shares of Freeport-McMo-Ran and Southern Copper
Trump's copper tariff objective to rebuild a U.S. supply chain, says analyst
Michael Widmer, head of metals research at Bank of America, discusses Trump's copper tariff announcement.
Trump's copper tariff is a first step. Here's what's needed now to counter China.
America must control its copper supply — but Washington doesn't have many chances to get it right.
The Race Is On to Build U.S. Copper Mines After Trump Pledges Higher Tariffs
U.S. copper prices are trading at records ahead of the 50% tariff that the president has promised to impose on imports.
Iuorio: Tariffs Overall Aren't Inflationary – Copper Tariffs Are
Jim Iuorio sees precursors for job losses in the latest economic data and thinks the Fed should be easing rates soon. “The market is becoming more and more comfortable with tariffs not being strictly ...