Freeport (NYSE:FCX), Alcoa (NYSE:AA), BHP (NYSE:BHP) Follow Commodity Prices Up

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) are all trading higher today as the U.S. dollar plunged in value in anticipation of the decision by the Federal Reserve to inflate again, or in other words, implement more quantitative easing through buying more government debt.

Commodities were up and the miners mentioned above, as well as others followed.

Gold prices, while up moderately today, are taking a breather before the resumption of their upward climb, as the implementations of more printing of money will drive gold prices up on inflation concerns, as well as a plethora of other reasons.

Many gold miners are strongly positioned to take advantage of this, as well as other commodity-based corporations, which will be positively impacted by the increased prices of commodities.

Something to look for in any of the commodity companies will be those with strong cost-control measures in place, as their margins and earnings should soar during this time of inflating from the Federal Reserve, which most believe will be conducted incrementally over a period of time, keeping the price of commodities up for the duration, and probably longer, as demand is still a factor, even with the additional help of higher prices.

For BHP, shareholders and investors are awaiting the decision tomorrow by Canada on whether or not to allow the deal to go forward, which if is allowed, could dramatically push the share price of BHP up when also including the announced actions of the Federal Reserve.