Money manager Don Hays isn't yet ready to put serious money on it, but he does like what the breakdown in the price of gold signals for the longer-term prospects for U.S. equities.

The relative strength of US stocks is the best barometer in the world to measure all the wisdom of the world concerning the outlook for economic propserity.  So the 11-year record of fear is breaking a trend that has not really been broken since that horrible event on 9/11.