Whenever there is a sharp uptick across precious metals, the bullish bets of the investment crowd tend to rise in tune with the perceived market strength. Perceived, that is the key word here. And how to judge the market strength? The answer to both these points lies in the market context. It reveals quite a few aspects to keep a close eye on right now.

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If we had to pick one day, or one situation when a single market provided most indications during a single day, it would be yesterday's performance of silver.

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There's not much to say about yesterday's session while looking at gold - while the yellow metal closed the day only about $1 higher, things get much more interesting when we look at what happened in the silver space. The white metal moved higher decisively, almost rallying through the previously broken support line. And silver's most popular ETF - SLV - rallied on huge volume, which appears to be confirming its strength. However, the truth is that there is much more to this story than what's visible on the surface. What lurks beneath can bite and rip reckless investors apart with its sharp silver teeth.

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Gold stocks just ended the week at a new 2019 high, while gold confirmed its breakdown in the most important - weekly closing price - terms. Who should one believe? Are gold miners leading gold higher just like it was the case many times, or "this time is different"? In addition to replying to the above question, today's Alert includes the updated gold price path that includes our thoughts on both the gold downswings and upswings. Sure, gold is likely to break above $2,000 eventually, but when and how this is going to happen will likely have profound impact on your savings. And it's up to you to make it affect you in a very positive way. So, are things this time really different?

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