Looking at how the various 'hedges' did today in comparison to the S+P 500 - STOCKS - ************** SPY - down 3.3% SH --- up 3.5% CASH - *********** no change BONDS - *********** VGLT --- up 1.5% (Long term Treasuries) VGIT --- up 0.5% (Int term Treasuries) BND ---- up 0.31% (Total bond market) GOLD BULLION - *********************** GLD ---- up 0.90% GOLD MINER ETFs - ************************** GDX ---- up 1.3% GDXJ -- down 0.13% GOLD MINING STOCKS - ******************************* AUY --- down 0.64% LMCNF - down 1.5% HL ---- down 5.5% CDE --- down 7.2% MUX --- down 7.7%