Get the Best of Both Worlds With This Copper-Gold Stock
Contributed Opinion

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX:NYSE) is the world's largest producer of molybdenum, is a major copper producer, and operates the world's largest gold mine, the Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia.

If you are a copper and gold bull (as I am), you have to like the idea of "one-stop-shopping" and own the shares of FCX:NYSE. It is seen more as a copper deal than a gold deal, but when both metals begin to outperform later this year, I can see it as an institutional favorite with a performance that could parallel the awesome move in Cameco Corp. (CCO:TSX; CCJ:NYSE) since late 2020 when one could have accumulated it under US$10.

Technically, FCX:NYSE is very close to a bullish MACD crossover, which joins the bullish Money Flow Indicator ("MFI"). A 2-day close above the downtrend line at US$41 will set up a move to test the highs at US$43, but once beyond that, the sky is virtually the limit.

I am looking to make FCX:NSYE a "core" trading position in the same way that I have been using SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD:NYSE) in the past. For this reason, I am taking a minor 20% position in the FCX June US$40 calls at a price of US$4.00 as a starter, adding another 20% every two days after today.

Since the FOMC meeting could send stocks either up or down once it knows Powell's intentions, it is cointoss as to whether one should bid now or after the presser. I am going to move now to join the bid at US$4.00.

• Buy 20% position FCX June US$40 calls at US$4.00.

Add 20% every two days after today until you reach a 100% position. I will start with ten contracts.

For non-option traders, I prefer FCX:NYSE to either of the gold miner ETF's (GDX/GDXJ) and to the two copper ETF's (COPX/COPJ).

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