Year-To-Date Performance: Silver, Gold, SP 500, and the Dollar - Fitch Downgrades Europe

There are still two trading days left in the month so it is obviously too early to book the results.

And it may not be quiet next week, or the rest of the year, as Fitch issued a new downgrade on five European nations.

Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two