The short term trend for gold and silver is still up. Below are the last 10 weeks closing prices on every other Friday. 11-30-07--- gold $783.10...silver $13.98 12-14-07--- gold $793.10...silver $13.81 12-28-07--- gold $838.80...silver $14.76 1-11-08---- gold $888.80...silver $16.23 1-25-08---- gold $910.50...silver $16.41 2-8-08----- gold $918.20...silver $17.11 Gold is up $135.10 in 10 weeks and silver is up $3.13.