Fed hawkishness has been the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now.

Gold has been vexed in recent months by the US dollar soaring again. Its latest blast higher prematurely truncated a resurging gold upleg again.

The major gold stocks of GDX continue to carve higher lows and higher highs on balance.

Gold’s recent pullback sure overstayed its welcome, increasingly vexing as August marched on.

The mid-tier and junior gold miners just finished reporting their latest quarterly results last week.

The gold miners’ stocks have had a tough month, disproportionally pummeled lower on a relatively-minor gold pullback.

Gold investors have vanished, at least American stock-market ones.

Gold stock technicals are dramatically improving, turning increasingly bullish.

Gold’s latest pullback has left traders really down on it, fueling mounting bearishness and apathy.

The gold miners’ stocks have fallen deeply out of favor a few weeks into their usual summer doldrums.

Gold’s recent pullback looks to be bottoming, despite ongoing aggressive Fed hawkishness.

Gold’s latest pullback in May short-circuiting strong seasonals frustrated plenty of traders.