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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: isopatch who wrote (617)	8/26/2001 8:39:11 AM
From: Frank Pembleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36161

Isopatch, thanks for the Kasriel's commentary. According to "Handbook of Canadian Security Analysis," copper is the proxy; the base-metal cycle is the copper cycle -- the so-called bellwether. Aluminum demand tends to be driven by the consumer and is considered a sign of an early stage economic recovery. Both nickel and zinc are late cycle plays -- capital-spending projects. I guess the trick here when studying the charts is picking the correct time frame. Too short a period a person can be whipsawed, too long; a bear might remain a bear. Thanks for the discussion; it's been highly educational. Regards Frank P.