The day before the debt-ceiling 'crisis' in the US I brought in a load of copper. Type 1 was $3.78/lb and type2 was $3.58/lb.

The next day they had dropped and were both $3.41/lb.



Last week a retired electrician gave me 13 full spools of wire. I ran them at 80foot lengths between 2 trees in my front yard and stripped them very quickly with my Stanley blade.

When I brought it in yesterday the price had dropped further to $3.30/lb.

My question is what the ****, man?

I started off the summer hoping to see copper hit $4, but now I'm doubting it will stay above $3.

Anyone else out there have the copper blues?