The precious metals sector has been dormant since both gold and silver topped in 2011. But the long term bull market remains intact. As long as we do not have the price of gold close below the lower yellow box on the monthly chart then technical speaking precious metals should continue much higher.

The next couple of days in the stock market could be on the quiet side. You see, the Federal Reserve is holding a two day FOMC meeting on Tuesday, and Wednesday. Many institutional traders are going to be on hold until they hear what the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. As you know, most institutional traders and investors are just dying to hear the words quantitative easing three (QE-3). The likelihood of this happening this time around is very slim.

The Ben Bernanke's comments were just released before he testifies in front of a Joint Economic Committee. It should be noted that gold, silver, and gold mining stocks are declining lower. This tells us all that the Federal Reserve is not looking to implement another quantitative easing program at this time.  ...