That's why I developed a gold stock sentiment indicator - to produce a timing signal or to show cyclic trends. By the way, I think the opportunity to buy stocks at their lowest price before the next leg up occurred over the last 3 days. It looked like a good deal of positive activity in the gold spec stock area today. Here is something to consider - what if the price of gold averaged the current price for the next three months. What price should stocks be at? Is maintaining the current price of gold for a few months possible or likely? The price of some stocks is equivalent to when gold was $2,100 There are still a number of gold stocks on a buy signal on my charts. On the health care stocks. These can also a defensive play. I have notice a bit of money going into utilities and telcos, also defensive. Companies that own medical diagnostics facilities may do well. Something to think about - what is the current inflation rate in Wuhan? Inflation figures for China over the next 2 months will be a good guide to what may occur in the rest of the world if this thing (CV) take a hold.