Very few asset classes made gains this week. The short list was headed by gold stocks, as the HUI rose 4.0%, and crude oil, which added 1.2%. The largest losses were once again in cryptocurrencies, as Ethereum fell 19.3% and Bitcoin dropped 16.6%. National currencies were all lower, led by the US and Canadian Dollars, […]
This was a good week for bonds and the major stock indexes, but cryptocurrencies fell again and commodities were mixed. Palladium led the way higher, gaining 6.1%, while Ethereum took the worst beating, dropping 7.8%. The DJIA was the second best performer, rising 5.7%. The only falling national currency was the Japanese Yen, which declined […]
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This was a rough week for nearly every asset class, with only cotton (up 1.3%) and long term bonds (up 0.3%) showing any gains. The brunt of the selling was once again cryptocurrencies, as ETH plunged 29.7% and BTC fell 22.1%. Stocks and commodities weren’t spared: crude oil dropped 10.8% and the DJIA fell 4.5%. […]
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Most asset classes were higher this week. The exceptions were gold stocks and some of the commodities. Ethereum, up 6.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrials, up 4.6%, topped the rising list. The biggest losses were in coffee, off 3.5%, and crude oil, down 3.0%. The USD (up 1.7%) rose more than any other national currency, […]
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This was a “mostly lower” week, with currencies, bonds and cryptos falling, while stocks and commodities were mixed. The largest drops were in cryptocurrencies, as Ethereum fell 14.7% and Bitcoin dropped 6.5%. The largest gains were in coffee, up 5.6%, and gold stocks, which gained 5.5%. Most national currencies fell, with the Canadian Dollar, off […]
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This week, bonds were higher, cryptos were lower, and other asset classes were mixed. Palladium was the big winner, rising 5.7%. Ethereum fell the most, dropping 8.9%, giving up about half of the prior week’s 16.8% gain. National currencies were mostly higher, with the exceptions being the Euro, off 0.3%, and the Japanese Yen, which […]
This week national currencies were lower, while other asset classes were mixed. The largest gains were in palladium, up 4.6%, and Bitcoin, which rose 4.3%. Coffee, off 3.2%, and gold stocks, down 2.8%, saw the largest losses. National currencies were all lower, led by the Chinese Yuan which closed down 0.5%. The Japanese Yen fell […]
Cryptocurrencies, stocks, and most commodities were lower, bonds were higher, and national currencies were mixed. Cryptos continued their fall, with Ethereum dropping 20.0% while Bitcoin gave up 16.7%. Long term bonds rose 1.4%, the largest gain this week. The only rising commodity was silver, which added 0.3%. The Japanese Yen was the strongest currency, adding […]
Currencies and bonds were higher, stocks and commodities were mixed. Cryptocurrencies were hit hard, as Ethereum fell 10.4% and Bitcoin dropped 8.4%. The largest gains were in the S&P 500 stock index which rose 1.4%. The Canadian Dollar led the currencies higher, gaining 1.2%. The Euro gained the least, adding 0.1%. USD cash rose 0.6% […]
This was a strange week, generally positive until Friday, when trade war announcements caused most assets except the USD and long term bonds to drop sharply. Bitcoin and Ethereum had fallen hard very early in the week, and were recovering slowly before giving up their gains on Friday, ending off 14.5% and 17.5% respectively. Long […]