Not much happened in the precious metals market yesterday - was this just a pause or did the decline in mining stocks burn itself out? What's next?

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Yesterday was just another period of back-and-forth movement for gold, silver, the USD Index and even the general stock market – but not for precious metals mining stocks. Gold stocks and silver stocks plunged very visibly - there are very important implications of this move and they are not bullish.

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For several years, it’s almost always been the case that gold and the Japanese yen moved together – both up and down. Last week, both moved up, but only gold moved above the previous highs. Is gold leading the yen higher or has the rally in gold already run its course (as the mining stocks’ weakness seems to imply)?

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Yesterday’s session was quite specific in terms of signals. At the beginning of the session and in its early hours, it appeared that the precious metals sector was breaking higher, but things appeared to change later on as miners erased the entire daily upswing. What are the final implications?

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The FOMC minutes were released yesterday and while the price moves that preceded them and those that followed were not huge, they do seem to tell us something important. We discuss the details in today's alert.

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