Precious metals are often sought after during periods of heightened market volatility because of their historic nature of acting as one of few natural hedges. More specifically, global investors often look to this group within the commodities market as a store of value due to the supply and demand characteristics of the underlying metals. As you'll see in the charts discussed below, this segment is again looking quite strong as investors look for places to shelter capital. We'll take a closer look at the patterns and try to determine how followers of technical analysis will likely be looking to position themselves ... (full story)