Bonds reversed course this week, recovering some of last week's losses, but all other asset classes were mixed. Ethereum was once again the best performing asset, rising 20.5%, followed by gold stocks, which gained 7.0%. The worst losses were in commodities, as coffee fell 4.2% and copper slid 3.4%.
National currencies were little changed this week, with the largest move being a 0.6% drop in the Euro. In the table, the Japanese Yen made the largest gains, rising 0.2%, but the British Pound Sterling (not shown) did a bit better, adding 0.4%. The USD rose 0.1%. USD Bonds did much better, as the short term TLT gained 0.3% and the 20+ year TLT surged 4.0%, recovering much of the prior week’s 6.3% loss.
Bitcoin drifted lower, finishing the week down 1.6%, but Ethereum powered higher, soaring 20.5% and ending the week at 4.5 grams.
Gold stocks were the week’s biggest winner, both among the equities and overall, as the HUI gained 7.0%. The weakest index was the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which declined 1.0%.
Commodities were mostly lower, with crude oil, up 6.0%, and palladium, up 3.0%, the only gainers. Coffee and copper, down 4.2% and 3.4% respectively, had the largest losses, both within the group and overall. Silver declined 1.4% while platinum fell 1.6% to close at 19.5 grams/oz.
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