| While many are touting a new bull market in Gold, and Silver for that matter, history suggests otherwise. When we look back at the history of commodity prices for the past two centuries we observe generally short bull markets followed by longer bear markets. Since Gold was fixed for most of this period a chart going that far back would be of little use.
Notice for over 200 years commodities remained in a trading range. Demand drove prices up, then oversupply brought prices right back down. This all changed when the US went off the Gold standard in 1971. Commodity prices soared, along with Gold, and the bull/bear cycles became more uniform...............................................Full Article: Source
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