Mickey Fulp’s Monthly Major Market Review (May 2021)

Stock markets mostly up again in May: Dow added 1.9% to 34529, S&P 500 up just .6%, Nasdaq was the outlier down 1.5%, Russell 2000 up a tiny .1%, TSX added 3.3% TSX.V up 1.5%. VIX down to 16.76. Dollar was down 1.6% to just under 89.84 and Euro up 1.9%. 10 Year yield headed down by another 3.7%. Bitcoin crashed 35.5%. Gold up another 7.9% to 1907. Silver up 8.7% to 28.05. Pt down .9%. Pd was off 4.1% for the month to 2727. Copper shot up another 3.0% to $4.61, hitting another 10 year high. WTI up 4.3% to 66.32. Brent up 5.8% to 69.63. Natgas shot up 2% to 2.99. Uranium rose 7.7% to $31.30.