As a violent storm of sovereign debt crises, credit downgrades, and downbeat global economic news continues to ravage stock markets across the world -- investors have fled to the one mainstream "shelter" they know best: gold.
In the first half of August alone, gold prices have soared nearly $200 per ounce. And, on Friday, August 19, gold wrapped up its strongest one-week rise since 2008.
So, is gold's neck-craning rise sustainable? Or, is it time to go on "bubble watch"?
EWI's Metals Specialty Service answers this question with this compelling 300-minute chart of gold versus the Relative Strength Index since mid-July. (Editor's Note: Some labels erased for this article.)
Right below this chart, Metals Specialty Service editor Mike Drakulich presents in-depth analysis of the near-term trend underway in gold. In Mike's own words:
"Stay Alert: We could see a lot of fireworks... and the volatility is likely going to be extreme."
You can see this gold chart fully-labeled online now -- alongside Mike's detailed commentary -- via a Metals Specialty Service subscription.