So according to the Stalker we will have to wait for the inauguration of Obama to finally get the mega move-up we have been waiting for for two years now.

I am impressed and frigthened at the same time about the absolute power which the bullion banks still exert in the Gold and Silver markets in the middle of this financial sector meltdown. They can shake out the whole lot of longs any time they want and have effectively killed off a lot of interest both in physical gold and the mining shares.

Me, I will have to start a new negotiation round with my wife. Equipped with highly simplified charts, I will try to convince her that 2009 will be what 2008 (and in fact 2006 and 2007) promised to be. I'll explain her that by March 2009 we will be back above the levels of the summer of 2008 and after a small correction we will steam higher back into the HUI uptrend channel which we broke down from in 2007.

If she is as cool and scrupeless as the Cartel, I am finished.