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This week in precious metals was all about the US Treasury Bond auctions.
Would the Chinese and the Russians walk their recent negative talk? Would foreign buyers boycott the offering, holding out for higher rates? And would Ben Bernanke have to step in as a buyer of last resort?
Well, we got our answer…
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090611-714319.html
NEW YORK [...]

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The trading range for the HUI Gold Bugs Stock Index has finally broken out of it’s horizontal trading range:

And formed an upward bias, with a series of higher highs and higher lows:

Gold stocks are now also leading gold, as the HUI:Gold ratio has broken out of it’s trading range and the stocks are once again [...]

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Given all the noise and rumors about new, additional IMF gold sales yesterday, I thought it would be a good time to take an updated look at trading charts for both Gold and the HUI Gold Bugs Index.
For an update on the final communique of the G-20 and the IMF, please see my preceding [...]

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The HUI gold stock index has continually traded within tightly bound trading ranges during each phase of this gold bull. During 2006, and the first half of 2007, gold and gold stocks were fundamentally driven by the collapse of the U.S. Dollar and rising inflation. Even with the parabolic surge in commodities resulting in new [...]

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There are coincidental indicators for trading, and there are incidental indicators. Knowing the difference between causation and correlation is where the real value in charts and technical analysis is found.
Traders are wondering what to make of this recent volatility in gold? They ask - “why is gold correcting with oil at record highs, and inflation [...]

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