Good point on Ashanti, mr. wolverine. Makes perfect sense to me, seasonality will kick in very soon on the golds.. The mountains of debt, and the very low rates of economic growth in Europe and North America translates to so so tax revenues and of course additional debt packed on to the shoulders of these countries. Gold didnt break 1200, I never thought it would. Precious metals I think might decouple from commodities, just my bet.