Market manipulation

This crash on the gold and silver markets is orchestrated, and it doesn’t reflect the extremely tense situation on the physical gold and silver markets

Paul Craig Roberts sees the orchestrated effort to suppress the price of gold and silver as a sign that the authorities are frightened that trouble is brewing that they cannot control unless there is strong confidence in the dollar

For Americans, financial and economic Armageddon might be close at hand. The evidence for this conclusion is the concerted effort by the Federal Reserve and its dependent financial institutions to scare people away from gold and silver by driving down their prices.

There is no reason for investors in gold and silver to be nervous. The current price action is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. The fundamentals are there for continued and accelerated deficit spending and money printing

As the Troika’s (IMF, ECB, EU) decision to tax Cypriot depositors has started a generalised panic movement among European savers, the Fed is, at the same time, orchestrating a downward manipulation of gold and silver spot prices in order to maintain trust in the dollar and, more globally, in the...

CFTC (US regulator) considering an inquiry into London's gold and silver markets to check if prices are open to manipulation

Egon von Greyerz stated that the Fed may increase QE a shocking ten times in coming years. He also provided a fantastic gold chart

The gold prices are again under pressure. Another attack without any fundamental logic is happening on the paper markets for gold and silver, markets that have become unreal and fictitious

Egon von Greyerz told that when it comes to markets, “... nothing is real.” He also believes we are seeing a sucker’s rally in stocks.

Many large international banks, like Crédit Agricole, Commerzbank and UBS are announcing important losses for the last quarter of 2012