Vale SA (ADR) (VALE), Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM): Copper, Iron, Fertilizer, and Food Companies Poised to Grow

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Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) shed 8% and yields about 4.5%. The world’s largest publicly traded copper producer has been hurt by falling copper and gold prices, and a deadly mine disaster in Indonesia led to the closing of one of its mines (also one of the world’s biggest mines). That mine has resumed production, though not yet at full capacity. Meanwhile, slowing growth in China and labor strikes haven’t helped. The company diversified its operations considerably when it bought a pair of oil and gas producers. The stock seems rather undervalued.

The big picture
Demand for global natural resources isn’t going away anytime soon. A well-chosen ETF can grant you instant diversification across any industry or group of companies — and make investing in and profiting from it that much easier.The article Copper, Iron, Fertilizer, and Food Companies Poised to Grow originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Selena Maranjianwhom you can follow on Twitter, holds no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of Companhia Vale Ads and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold.

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