After being slaughtered for the majority of the last decade and more, they finally won a victory.

The cyclical bear market in silver is serving its purpose.

Most chartists use daily or weekly charts. Few look at monthly charts. I don’t know of anyone (myself included) who pays any attention to quarterly charts.

The US-dollar tends to be negatively correlated with commodity prices, while this is true in the short-term, it is not always so over the long-term.

Despite all of the bearish sentiment, the panic and bad-mouthing, gold (and silver) has maintained its consolidation.

We are ready to say that now is the time to begin buying and we’ll show you why.

Gold is positioning itself contrary to risk-on assets — it has detached from the stock market and that is a good thing.

The financial crisis was a major catalyst for the gold mining industry. Gold surged against oil and industrial metals. These ratios held their ground and are reaching higher levels once again.

The relationship between gold stocks (while in a secular bull market) and the broad market (while in a secular bear market) is difficult to diagnose and that is what makes it so interesting.

This weekend I had a conversation with a fund manager friend who I admire. He lives in the Asia-pac region and has tremendous knowledge of and insight into markets.

Mark Twain said that history doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes.

While the precious metals sector has consolidated and struggled to find a bottom, an important development has taken place. First, let's harken back to 2007-2008.