Gold          remains firmly within a major long-term uptrend, which is the salient          fact.  The short-term ups and downs are merely noise that can easily          distract us from the big picture.                   Gold is now in the second stage of its bull market, so the          volatility of the past couple of weeks is to be expected.  Increasing          volatility is one of the traits of a bull market’s second stage.
- James Turk