By Andy Home
LONDON: Funds continue to reduce their long exposure to the copper market even as the bull clamour for higher prices grows ever louder.
Goldman Sachs last week doubled down on its supercycle shout, forecasting copper would average $15,000 per tonne in 2025 in a headline-grabbing April 13 research note titled "Copper is the new oil".
Citi is also firmly in the bull camp with a short-term target of $10,500. "We highlight that the 'super' part of the supercycle is now" with the market facing the largest supply deficit since 2003-2004, the bank said. ("Metals Weekly", April 19, 2021)
Copper is bubbling away just below February's decade high of $9,617 per tonne, London Metal Exchange (LME) three-month metal last trading at $9,400.