dan- I don't know how to post the chart here, but the one that I always use is at... <A HREF="http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/speck043003.html" target="_blank">http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/speck043003.html</A> I must apologize if I gave the impression that gold would start higher this week or next. My comment was meant to imply that--if one has to generalize-- gold climbs from late winter until the end of the year. Hope this claries my comments a bit. schloss