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Gold saw a huge sell-off last week: the precious metal was down by $49 or 3.2% to close at $1,463 as of the final trade on the New York COMEX on Friday afternoon.

During declines as we witnessed last week, it can be helpful to remember the big picture: gold broke out of a six-year basing pattern below $1,434 per ounce last August. After six years of grinding prices before then, it is unlikely that the final top is in yet after a single one-month surge above the resistance zone.

What we are witnessing now is a retest of the breakout. A retest is simply a term which describes behavior in which the market is literally asking former buyers: “Are you sure you meant to buy back then?”

Once the retest is complete, higher targets are expected:

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The precious metals are on the verge of flashing a signal that has only appeared three other times in the last twenty years. While the signal will be positive for all of the precious metals, it is silver that looks set to shine the brightest over the next several months.

Investors should carefully consider whether they have a proper allocation to the silver sector at this time.

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Silver has been the laggard of the precious metals sector as of late: while gold has just broken above its 2016 high of $1,378 on the heels of trade war tensions and the possibility that the Federal Reserve may lower interest rates this year, silver has barely budged.

Year-to-date, silver is down 3.5% to $15.00 per troy ounce as of the end of the week. Meanwhile, gold is higher by 9.3% or $119 for the year, to $1,400.

What are we to make of this continued underperformance by silver? Is it a sign that the move in gold is suspect and should not be trusted? Or is it a sign that we are simply in the early stages of a new bull market?

Let us examine the present period in silver prices, the modern history of the gold to silver ratio, and what this might mean for silver investors going forward.

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