"The election of Donald Trump brought with it bullish sentiment for Dr. Copper (so called because the price of copper reflects health of the global economy). Many commodities have responded positively since the election in the “Trump rally” – that is, that the new US president will follow through on campaign promises to cut taxes, increase spending, and bolster economic growth. "
The markets go up and down except during the Obama years when the NY Fed opened up free money, yes free money, to investment bankers as part of emergency liquidity programs which became normalized.
Yeah, so free money for Wall St. a-holes to play monopoly with.
Now reality returns and that means the markets will correct. You can bet on it.
The smart ones will be investing in things that are real like manufacturing, power development, agricultural technology. The carry trade will be going bye-bye.