I posted a few weeks ago when gold broke the downtrend. I've not had a lot to say since then. It seems to me that we are now going to grind higher, culminating in another blow off top in a few years time. Gold and mining companies appear to be a very good place to be right now, as a long term investment. Mining companies are horrible investments during anything other than precious metal bull markets, but they sky rocket under the right conditions. I think now is the time that Pension funds, Hedge funds and the general public will start to take notice.