OK I'll have a go at that daveironore - no two bear markets are alike so what might work one time is sure to be different the next time. At the moment I can just gaze at my Weekly XGD chart that I have up on the wall and I think it is truly a thing of beauty. So.....I would say this time gold stocks will go up when other stocks go down.
But as usual, I must state - that is not financial advice. Gold stocks carry risks like everything else.