So in the metals, the gold market's on fire, you're at $2065. This market that was just $1950; it's added a hundred dollars an ounce. The silver's stronger than the gold; It has gone back to $25.50. This was a $24 market and the copper [market] is watching China to figure out what to do next. That's the way to look at it. The stock market rally continues but we are getting long in the tooth, so be careful with it.
In the gold chart, just pointing north. So once the market got over the 18-day average, it came back and challenged it on a weekly basis. I said 18-to-18 week average, it challenged it, and once it shot through this, it hasn't looked back. It's like a thruster jet just kicking up in a way. You can see that big powerful move–markets got higher lows and higher highs and what it has been? It's been over the 18-day average and we just–I want to use that word carefully–we had a crossover.
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