The base metals were all in the red on Tuesday. Copper held up until New York opened, then dipped sharply and never regained the lost ground, finishing at $3.9253/lb., down 4¼ cents.

As you can probably imagine, much of the recent discussion at Agora Financial is focused on what is going on with energy, commodities (soft and hard) and infrastructure. Prices for all of these items are on a tear.