COPX: The Cleanest Buy On A Structural Copper Deficit

The Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX) is initiated as a strong buy, offering diversified exposure to copper miners amid a projected multiyear supply deficit. COPX benefits from powerful demand drivers: AI/data center buildout, grid upgrades, EV adoption, and defense spending, with copper demand outstripping supply through the decade. Portfolio construction limits single-issuer risk, maintains global diversification, and provides operating leverage to copper prices, with a 2.5–3% dividend yield as downside support.