The chart above shows an index of gold and silver miners relative to the S&P 500, breaking now to a new extreme. Will the world need to produce and find more minerals and metals or will the world just need health care and bio-tech?
The read line is the co-basis that is rising as the dollar rises relative to gold. This indicates rising demand for physical and more futures selling. Bullish.
So who is selling?
Who knows, perhaps money managers are funding their long equity positions with short gold positions.