As aluminum prices soar, copper is telling a different story for the HVAC and sheet metal industries – one marked by uncertainty and stubborn volatility. Once hailed as an economic barometer, “Dr.

Tom Yeung here with today’s Smart Money. During the 1980s, traders used “Dr. Copper” to measure the health of the economy. The higher the metal’s price, the rosier the outlook. That’s because copper ...

Copper’s evolving supply and demand drivers helped propel the metal to all-time highs in 2025. Copper prices proved resilient in 2025 despite the trade policy related volatility. Both macro and ...

Copper has been alluded to as an indicator for the overall economic health of the global economy. Copper demand has been indicative of economic activity because of the base metal’s wide industrial ...

Investors long turned to copper as a reliable economic indicator: High prices meant the economy was humming, and low prices meant it wasn’t. In fact, copper was considered such a good signal that ...

The war in the Middle East has caused a number of commodity prices to spike. Oil costs, fertilizer costs, and even helium costs are rising. One commodity is bucking that trend. The price of copper has ...