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Freeport-McMoRan Suspends Dividend; Slashes Targets (FCX)

Copper, gold, and molybdenum producer Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has released a cast iron, kitchen sink of a statement this morning, announcing the suspension of the $2/share annual dividend and a 50% cut in 2009 capital expenditures, along with volume cuts for copper and moly covering the next two years.
The moves come in response to rapidly falling [...]

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Freeport-McMoRan To Cut Molybdenum Production as Price Plummets

How fast things can change. Just 3 weeks ago copper, cold, and molybdenum producer Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) told us in their conference call that pricing for molybdenum (a component for steel and specialty chemicals) “continues to be strong”. A few blinks of the eye later, and molybdenum market prices have dropped 60% since mid-October, from nearly [...]

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Copper Futures up 8% Despite High Inventories; Freeport Rallies (FCX)

Shares of the world’s largest publicly-traded copper miner Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) are up over 10% as copper futures have made it all the way back to just below $2 (currently $1.98); the December contracts were trading at $1.80 just yesterday on the back of the London Metal Exchange (LME) reporting that copper inventories were the highest [...]

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Performance Update: A Portfolio Divided, and 2 Dilemmas

The Secular Trends Model Portfolio briefly dipped below $80k before finishing the day at $804k…Currently the losses on the 6 worst holdings by performance (AA, FCX, POT, BTU, CAT, PBR) have been severe enough to destroy most of the little tidbits of alpha I was picking up on the other 16 positions. Basic Materials and [...]

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