The first half of 2017 has reserved several surprises for investors.
1-The best investments in the first half of 2017
By aggregating the best positive variations of the instruments under consideration between criptovalute, equity, cross and commodity indices, here is the ranking of investments with the highest performance in the first half of 2017.
Pos. Asset Categoria Var %
1- Ripple criptovaluta 3.868,25%
2 Ethereum criptovaluta 3.495,06%
3 Dash criptovaluta 1.506,21%
4 Litecoin criptovaluta 919,18%
5 Bitcoin criptovaluta 55,13%
6 Athex indice 27.36%
7 Palladio materia prima 24.58%
8 KOSPI indice 18.03%
9 Hang Seng indice 17.11%
10 Nasdaq 100 (USA) indice 16.23%
11 NIFTY 50 (India) indice 15.99%
12 Grano materia prima 13.51%
13 IBEX (Spagna) indice 12.61%
14 SMI (Svizzera) indice 9.03%
15 S&P 500 (USA) indice 8.39%
16 EUR/USD Forex 8.32%
17 DAX (Germania) indice 8.22%
18 Oro materia prima 8.09%
19 FTSE MIB (Italia) indice 7.78%
20 Dow Jones (USA) indice 7.71%
2-The worst investments in the first half of 2017
Pos. Asset Categoria Var %
1 Succo d’arancia materia prima -28.64%
2 Gas naturale materia prima -28.18%
3 Petrolio WTI materia prima -20.36%
4 Brent materia prima -18.46%
5 S&P/ASX Australia 0.98%
6 RTX RUB (Russia) indice -16.24%
7 Gasolio materia prima -15.96%
8 Soia materia prima -9.78%
9 USD/CHF Forex -5.83%
10 USD/JPY Forex -4.20%
11 USD/CAD Forex -3.32%
12 S&P/ASX Australia 0.98%
13 EUR/CHF Forex 2.00%
14 EUR/GBP Forex 2.78%
3-The markets in the first half of 2017
The first six months of the year brought with them many novelties on the fundamental and political front.
Trump trade is over, markets no longer trust in the new US president, the euro-dollar exchange first in the top Forex cross-country ranking in the first half of the year. Political risk in the Eurozone, threatened at the beginning of 2017 by elections in the Netherlands and the elections in France, vanished - they won pro-EU candidates, canceling fear for the end of the Eurozone.
The eurozone economy is on the rise, pushing Mario Draghi's ECB to prepare for a monetary policy tapering, while the Fed is in the mood of investors, engaged in a path to normalizing rates despite the fundamentals of the euro area. 'US economy is getting worse.
4-Criptovalute: The best investment in the first half of 2017
The variations are dizzy, the criptovalute segment confirms a rally above all expectations. Bitcoin, the most popular cryptovalue and the largest capitalization among the top 5 in digital currencies, is fifth in the standings, including the high starting price at the beginning of the year ($ 997.69). It is currently around $ 2,545).
To win the ranking of the best investment in percentage changes in all financial markets in 2017 is the Ripple, a digital currency that enjoys broad support from traditional financial institutions, which has risen from 0.0063 cents to 0.25.
Criptoval Var Var%
Ripple 3868.25%
Ethereum 3495.06%
Dash 1506.21%
Litecoin 919.18%
Bitcoin 155.13%
Data source: TeleTrader
The above-mentioned percentages refer to the quotation of each cpt against the US dollar.
