National currencies and bonds fell, while all other asset classes were mixed, but mostly lower. The largest gains and losses were both in the cryptocurrency group, as Bitcoin rose 8.6% and Ethereum fell 7.0%. The second-largest losses were in the Chinese Yuan, which plunged 6.4% — a huge one-week drop for a national currency. The […]
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Currencies, cryptocurrencies, bonds, and major stock indexes were all lower, while commodities were mixed and gold mining stocks rose. Silver and platinum made the largest gains, rising 7.0% and 3.7% respectively. The biggest losses were in Ethereum, which cratered 21.7%, and Bitcoin, which dropped 12.9%. Crude oil was also hit hard, falling 9.7%. All national […]
Bonds were lower, but all other asset categories were mixed. Bitcoin and crude oil had the largest gains, as BTC rallied 6.2% and crude added 3.3%. The biggest losses were in cotton, which fell 6.6%, and Ethereum, which dropped 5.4%. The only rising national currency was China’s Yuan, which gained 0.6%. The largest currency losses […]
Cryptocurrencies moved to new highs for the YTD, national currencies and bonds slid lower, and stocks and commodities were mixed. Bitcoin topped the winner’s list, rising 12.9%. Crude oil and gold stocks also rose strongly, gaining 5.8% each. The largest losses were in cotton, which plummeted 10.3%. All national currencies were lower, with the US […]
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Cryptocurrencies moved higher, national currencies and bonds slid lower, and stock indexes and commodities were mixed. Bitcoin topped the winner’s list, rising 7.2%. Palladium also rose strongly, gaining 5.9%. The largest losses were in coffee, which fell 5.6%. National currencies all fell this week, led by the Euro, which dropped 1.8% (actually, the British Pound […]
This was a rough week for all assets except equities, and even they had mixed results, as the Japanese Nikkei index dropped 1.5% while the HUI gold stocks rose 3.9%. All other asset classes were lower. Cryptocurrencies took the largest hit, as they pulled back after five straight weeks of solid gains. Ethereum had the […]
Cryptocurrencies continued to rise, national currencies fell, and other asset classes were mixed. The biggest price swings were in the commodities. Coffee soared 11.0% to score the week’s largest gain. Crude oil continued to drop, falling 9.7% to close at 1.28 grams per barrel, the largest loss of the week. All national currencies fell, led […]
Cryptocurrencies continued to rise, but most other assets were lower, led by cotton, which fell 10.7%. Bitcoin gained 9.9% to close at another new high for the year. Gold stocks had the second largest losses, closing down 4.8%. Among national currencies, only the Japanese Yen closed higher, adding 0.8%. The British Pound Sterling (not shown […]
National currencies and cryptocurrencies were lower this week; other asset classes were mixed. The largest losses were in Ethereum, which dropped 10.6%, and crude oil, which fell 1.9%. Coffee rose 3.6% while palladium added 1.9%, the largest gains this week. The weakest national currencies were the Euro and the Loonie, which dropped 1.4% each. The […]
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Only bonds were lower this week; other asset classes were mixed. Still, the biggest moves were all to the downside, as coffee fell 3.4%, gold stocks dropped 2.1%, and long term bonds declined 1.5%. Copper had the largest gains, rising 1.3%. The only rising national currency was the Euro, up 0.4%. The Japanese Yen fell […]
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