Mickey Fulp's Monthly Major Market Review--March 2017 #3520

The 1Q 2017 is over! Share markets continued to wrack up quiet gains, even though March was generally uneventful and flat. The USD put in a 2% decline for the quarter, with the Euro showing a 1.4% increase. Rates are holding steady with the yield curve starting to flatten. Bitcoin closed out the quarter at 1082 for a 13.2% increase. While metals prices ran out of steam in March they were up smartly for the quarter, Gold 8.5%, Silver 14.5% with Palladium the big winner at 17.4%. Copper was up 5%. WTI and Brent were down nearly 6% for the quarter. U308 snapped back with a 17.5% gain. Finally, Platinum's ratio is showing a potential buy signal at just .76 against gold.