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In London, copper futures slide 2.6% to $12,899.50 a metric ton, which pulls copper miner Antofagasta down nearly 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal

While all three companies are likely to post lower sequential realizations—revenue per metric ton for the companies’ products—in 3Q, Jindal Steel probably faced a larger drop given a higher proportion of slags in its product mix, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

International stocks represent 30%-35% of the world’s market cap, so by that metric a third of your equity allocation should be outside the U.S.

From Barron's

The metric removes exceptional and other one-off items.

From The Wall Street Journal

The metric increased 3.1% for the third quarter, and rose 2.4% over the Christmas period.

From The Wall Street Journal