Sep 6, 2017
August was quite a month! Major stock markets in the US continued their ascent. Same with emerging markets. TSX was down, TSX-V was up. The real action was in Bitcoin; it was up 66%. Metals were all up over the month, Gold was up 4%. Pt and Pd each up 6%. Copper up nearly 7%. Energy took a hit, WTI down 8.4%, Brent down 3.5%. Natgas was up after 3 down months. Uranium was flat. Currencies saw the Greenback decline slightly and the Euro up slightly. Rate on the 10 year T Bond plunged to 2.12. And again Bitcoin was up 66%. in the world of ratios Gold/Silver is still over 75.3. See you next month!