Gold And Silver Best Performing Assets In Q1, 2017

By Mark O'Byrne of GoldCore

CEO, GoldCore • Apr 3, 2017 at 8:10 AM EDT

Gold and silver are two of the best performing assets in the first quarter of 2017 with gains of 8% and 14% respectively.

Gold, silver two of the best performing assets in the first quarter of 2017 with gains of 8% and 14% respectively
Gold outperforms benchmarks – S&P 500 up 6%, MSCI (All Country World Index) up 6.4% (see tables)
Nasdaq and German DAX rise 11.8% and 7.6%
Silver best-performing currency in quarter
Five best performing currencies in Q1 are in order – silver, bitcoin, Mexican peso, Russian ruble and gold
Gold’s biggest quarterly gain since Q1 16, when rose 16%
Gold has seen gains in 8 of the last 10 first quarters
Palladium and platinum gain 17.7% and 5.2% respectively
Uncertainty over Trump’s economic and foreign policies and geo-political risks from Brexit and elections in the EU lead to safe haven demand for gold and silver bullion

2017 Performance

Below are the tables and charts which show how markets and currencies have performed to date in 2017

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YTD 2017 Relative Performance – Finviz

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2017 Asset Performance – Thomson Reuters

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Gold Price Performance – Goldprice.org

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‘Long Real Assets’ – BofAML via ZeroHedge.com

Gold in USD 1 Year – GoldCore.com

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