Market action over the last few weeks leads me to suspect that someone (guess who) has declared war on the HUI, and is using progressively weaker (in effect) attacks on silver and gold, as just one form of ammunition.
I am also led to believe that this smacks of desperation on the part of those who would attempt to control the precious metals.
Take a look at the chart for SLW, ( http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui# )or as mentioned earlier here, the strength in PGMs and oil, and weakness in the clown-buck.
Not sure if the link to Stockcharts will work.
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