Want to buy some metals. Which one? The ratio to GOLD and SILVER tells you which one is cheaper at this point in time.

Gold has performed best over 2015, thus making the SILVER cheaper relatively. Therefore buying silver is the smarter play.

Investing Quote...

"Money is made in tape reading [chart reading] by anticipating what is coming -- not by waiting till it happens and going with the crowd." ~ Richard D Wyckoff

"In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine." ~ Benjamin Graham

"Successful speculation requires staying on top of changes in industries and companies that either create new industries or improve on existing industries. The majority of your profits will come from these two ... The shrewdest traders throughout history all adapted the skill of reactionary change, as the market constantly presents new and different opportunities." ~ Bernard Baruch

"To me, the 'tape' is the final arbiter of any investment decision. I have a cardinal rule: Never fight the tape!" ~ Martin Zweig

"Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected." ~ George Soros