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National currencies and bonds moved lower and cryptos rose, while stocks and commodities were mixed. Bitcoin and the 30 crypto index had the largest gains, rising 9.4% and 9.1% respectively. Outside of crypto, gold stocks rose 9.0% and palladium advanced 8.1%. The largest losses were in national currencies, with the Canadian Dollar down 2.8%, The US Dollar down 2.7%, and the Euro down 2.6%. Bonds were also down; short term treasuries fell 2.5% and long term treasuries were off 1.8%.

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National currencies, cryptos, and bonds all moved lower this week, while stocks and commodities were mixed, but mostly lower. Palladium had the largest gains, rising 3.9%. The only other assets in the green were the Dow Jones Industrials, up 0.9%, the S&P 500, up 0.2%, and silver, which closed unchanged. The largest losses were in cryptos, with the broad CCi30 index down 9.1%, and Ethereum down 8.6%. Outside of crypto, the worst losses were in cotton, off 2.2%, and long term treasuries and gold stocks, off 2.0% each.

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Stocks moved higher; national currencies, bonds, and cryptos declined, and commodities were mixed. The best performers were gold stocks, up 6.1%, and Japanese stocks, up 5.1%. The largest declines were in Bitcoin, down 5.6%, and the CCi30 crypto index, down 5.2%. Cotton and the Japanese Yen were tied for third place, down 3.3% apiece. The US Dollar fell 2.4% to a new all-time low of 12.5 mg.

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National currencies rallied, but other asset classes were mixed. The best performers were all commodities: crude oil, up 6.3%, palladium, up 3.8%, and coffee, up 3.3%. The largest declines were in Ethereum, down 11.2%, platinum, down 3.2%, and silver, down 3.1%.

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This was a generally down week, with all cryptos and stocks moving lower, and most national currencies and commodities falling. The best performer was long term treasuries, up 2.1%, followed by the Japanese Yen (the only rising currency), up 1.2%. There were two advancing commodities, silver, up 0.8%, and platinum, up 0.3%. The largest declines were in cryptos, especially the broad CCi30 index, down 13.4%, and Bitcoin, down 12.7%. Outside of crypto, the largest losses were in the Crude Oil, down 7.9%, and the Euro STOXX, down 7.2%.

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National currencies and bonds closed higher, commodities moved lower, and stocks and cryptos were mixed. The brightest spots were the CCi30 crypto index, up 3.3%, the Japanese Yen, up 3.1%, and Bitcoin up 2.6%. The Russian Ruble, not in chart, rose 3.0%. The week's biggest losses were in Ethereum, down 5.8%, cotton, down 4.9%, and silver, down 3.9%. The US Dollar rose 0.7%, and the Chinese Renminbi rose 1.9%.

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Cryptocurrencies advanced while other asset classes were mixed, stocks mostly higher, and currencies and commodities mostly lower. The brightest spots were coffee, up 7.5%, gold stocks, up 4.7%, and the CCi30 crypto index, up 4.1%. The week's biggest losses were in palladium, down 6.8%, and platinum, down 4.2%. The US Dollar fell 1.2%, and the Japanese Yen rose 0.7%.

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Stocks and commodities were mixed, but other asset classes closed lower. The brightest spots were copper, up 4.0%, gold stocks, up 3.9%, and palladium, up 3.4%. The week's biggest losses were in Ethereum, down 13.4%, and the CCi30 crypto index, down 11.1%. The US Dollar fell 2.0%, while silver rose 2.0%.

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Cryptocurrencies fell, and other asset classes were mixed but mostly lower. The brightest spots were crude oil, up 3.0%, the Chinese Yuan, up 2.7%, and long term treasuries, up 2.6%. The week's biggest losses were in the CCi30 crypto index, down 8.0%, Ethereum, down 6.2%, and the Euro STOXX, down 5.7%. The US Dollar fell 0.8%, and silver declined 4.3%.

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Bonds rose and other asset classes were mixed; commodities were mostly lower, but stocks, cryptos and national currencies were mostly higher. The largest losses were in platinum, down 4.9% and the HUI gold stocks, off 4.2%. The week's biggest gains were in Bitcoin, up 4.4%, and the S&P 500, up 3.0%. Long term treasuries rose 2.8% while USD cash gained 1.6%. The only falling national currency was the Chinese Yuan, down 1.2%.

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