http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Story.aspx?guid={2F264F1E-CF44-4297-A2FB-3BA053DF6F2E}&siteid=
London shares gain as miners support
On the mining sector, analysts at Numis Securities said, "The mining sector looks set for further gains following the sell-off seen last May when hedge funds sold the sector heavily."
Gold miners are up in London. Looking good.
Oil is down, though. Crude dropped to $68.02 a barrel.
I'm bullish on both gold and oil, but I'm little less sure about oil. Oil prices are somewhat weather dependent, and I have no idea what hurricanes will or will not cause disruptions.
I think the case for gold is more clear-cut. Gold production is steadily declining. See
http://www.miningweekly.co.za/?show=93140
Occasionally, there will some surprise discovery, but, for the most part, there can be little doubt that nearly all of the gold reserves that are going to be discovered have been discovered. The same might be said for oil, too, but advances in alternative energy could be a negative for oil at some point.