As I posted last week there were two hurdles to clear before gold and silver resume their bull markets. The first and more important was getting past the expiration of June futures and options contracts for paper derivatives on the Crimex. The second, will occur after Wednesday wraps up the end of the month, quarter and first half. The metals may actually show some advanced strength because even though both are down year to date (gold more so, silver not so much) they are actually up for the second quarter. Yes, bears, you actually read that correctly. Despite the FED engineered slaughter earlier this month, both gold and silver are UP for the quarter! The selling has abated and the third quarter should be significantly higher for the precious.