>>>and gold miners, I sold a while back, and I'm still waiting for the dip.. did I miss something, or not??<<<
Well Sam, you have no 'exclusives' on that one.... many, if not most, folks I know of are mostly out of their shares and have been waiting for 'that' dip. <ng>
Of course you've missed something, but realistically speaking, there will be other opportunities to jump back on board if you can handle paying a premium. Many people can't and will prolly write it off as having bad luck instead of bad timing.
My sincere advice would be to not look for a huge retracement before sticking your toe back in...
As I've said from day one, the biggest danger to the gold bulls is being out of the market when it takes off.
Good luck to you.