seema mody is back at headquarters in engelwood cliffs with more on that. >> thanks, dom.say it's been a bad year for bouillon would be a massive understatement. gold isn't just suffering its first losing year since 2000 with a 28% decline. 2013 is looking to be the single worst year for gold since 1981. here's where it gets complicated. over the past month, bond yields have surged which should be bad news for gold, but the yellow medal holds the key, is this a sign the worst is over? that's the question investors everywhere will be asking as they allocate assets for the new year. dom? >> thanks so much for that. so let's talk about this. could there be a bottom in there for gold somewhere? let's call to the charts with carter braxton worth. this has been a tricky one, the gold trade overall, carter. but you have to say the downside has been there, and the trend has been intact pretty much. >> that's right. seema just referred to something that's very important, the key technical level. let's look at it. you have here a two year chart of the gld. what's important of course