Weekly Summary

National currencies, cryptos and bonds fell, while stocks and commodities were mixed. The worst losses were in Ethereum, down 10.7%, and the CCi30 index, down 9.0%, followed by Bitcoin, down 4.9%. The largest gains were in copper, up 4.2%, and crude oil, up 2.0%.

US Dollar cash, down 1.5%, outperformed short term notes, down 1.7%, and long term bonds, down 3.6%. The weakest national currency was the Euro, which dropped 2.0%, while the Chinese Yuan was the strongest, giving up 1.1%.

Outside of crypto, the largest losses were in long term bonds and the Japanese Nikkei stock index, which lost 3.6% each. Gold stocks were the best performing equities, rising 1.5%.

Cotton closed the week at a new all-time low of 7.8 mg/lb, down 2.5%.


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