Hindsight… well up spikes in the real rates curve have usually helped jump start nice rallies for gold and silver. The blue lines are the real yields for the 5/7/10/20 years treasuries.

https://www.quandl.com/data/USTREASURY/REALYIELD-Treasury-Real-Yield-Curve-Rates

Now look at the Yearly Chart… PERFECT ALIGNMENT!