Market manipulation

On Thursday in New York, gold opened at $5,630. The following day, it hit a low of $4,700, a difference of nearly $1,000 in just 24 hours. Meanwhile, in Shanghai, physical gold closed at $5,209. How can we explain such price discrepancies between different markets? And above all, how can we justi...

Today, China appears to be the absolute master of the silver market. The directives recently published by Beijing clearly show its intention to retake full control of this market and revalue the metal to levels many multiples above its initial price.

With volatility no longer allowed to play its warning role, investors seek protection outside the system, independent of options and timing. Gold captures this long-term monetary mistrust, while silver, which is narrower and more sensitive to marginal flows, reacts more explosively.

Gold continues to trade at high levels, but it is silver that is attracting the most attention. Day after day, the silver price is reaching new highs, as if it were reflecting a latent tension and a growing need for protection in the face of an increasingly administered financial system.

On Friday, a buyer reportedly placed an order representing nearly half of the world's annual silver production.

The silver market is at a critical juncture, marked by a growing dislocation between the physical and paper markets. While Western banks are still trying to manipulate silver prices via the paper market, physical demand is accelerating. This growing appetite for physical silver in the face of con...

China, the world’s largest gold producer and consumer—and the second-largest silver producer—has unveiled a national strategy to boost precious metals mining. To implement this policy , there is only one way: Let the prices of gold and silver rise by making the mechanism of "supply and demand" wo...

Is silver on the way to becoming a must-have asset, like gold today? The disconnect between the paper market and physical reality continues to worsen, and the accumulating signals suggest that a major breakdown is imminent.

Are we witnessing the end of paper gold? Currently, 100 ounces of paper gold are traded for every ounce of physical gold available on the market. If paper gold investors lose confidence in their counterparties against a backdrop of physical metal shortages, we'll be witnessing a historic event in...

The gold market is becoming more physical, less manipulated and more transparent. The rush to buy physical gold is taking place against a backdrop of rising inflation.