Portfolio of Copper Mining Stocks

Stock prices of copper mining companies tend to follow the underlying prices of copper. Therefore, the prices of the mining stocks are quite volatile. Before you buy a copper stock, be sure you research the company and know where prices are in the copper price cycle.

The following table includes 11 copper stocks and one copper exchange-traded fund (ETF).

12 Copper Mining Stocks
Name & Return	Symbol & Snapshot
BHP Billiton	BHP
Copper Mountain Mining	CPPMF
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold	FCX
Global X Copper Miners ETF	COPX
Hudbay Minerals	HBM
Ridgestone Mining	RIGMF
Rio Tinto	RIO
Southern Copper	SCCO
Teck Resources Limited	TECK
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.	TRQ
Vale	VALE
Western Copper and Gold	WRN
Display Price Chart for each stock.
Display Dividend Chart for each stock.

Portfolio Values

To inspect the performance of the Copper Mining Stocks portfolio, see the chart below. Portfolio values are computed using monthly closes for stocks from Alpha Vantage.

The 11 stocks included in the portfolio computations are: BHP, CPPMF, FCX, COPX, HBM, RIO, SCCO, TECK, TRQ, VALE and WRN. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $909.09 was invested in each stock at its closing monthly price for the first date shown on the portfolio value chart below. All prices are adjusted for splits and dividends. RIGMF was excluded from the portfolio computations because of insufficient price data.

The current value of the $10,000 investment is $15,708. The percent return is 57.08%. The annualized return is 9.45%.

Portfolio Value Chart for Last 100 Daily Closes