Gold cannot be kept down forever, however, and once the bottom is in, those miners that have survived will be in an enviable position, able to buy lucrative assets at bargain prices.

If past is prologue, is gold on a path towards an inevitable rise? If the economy collapses, gold will rally. If somehow the economies recover and printed currencies pick up velocity, gold will increase as history shows.

Since QE1-3 all had sequels, why won't QE3.5? Has Mr. Market forgotten his pills? And contrary to Alan Greenspan's recent buy gold talk, gold is dying, gold equities are as good as lifeless and most investors won't even scavenge through the dead to find signs of the living. This author will.