While there’s no definitive benchmark for the ratio, assessing the current gold-silver ratio against its average in recent years can be one ... and even peaked at nearly 100:1 with the advent ...

Silver is trading at $30.92/oz ... Dow/XAU Index – (Bloomberg) We continue to favour the Dow Gold Ratio chart as a good indicator as to when the gold bull market might end.

Gold began testing the $2,700 an ounce mark during early Thursday trading, as silver briefly eclipsed a 10-year high above $32.50, pushing the gold-silver ratio to its lowest levels since July.