From Hard Assets Investor:

Whether you're a gold bug or a silver buff, you've been a happy camper so far in 2009. As of Friday's close, gold was at $1,056.40, up 20 percent year-to-date. Silver has done even better; it was up 56 percent to settle at $17.72.

The upward trend has many investors going long in both metals, but there's more you can do with gold and silver than just buy and hold. You can also play the two metals off one another-but to do it successfully, you must first understand the ever-changing gold/silver ratio.

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