15.01.2014 - Are gold and silver prices ‘manipulated’, or not?
There remains a debate over whether gold and silver prices are ‘manipulated’, although perhaps the debate should actually be are the prices manipulated by central banks, governments and the major investment banks in an attempt to control (suppress) prices. In truth, of course gold and silver markets are manipulated – as is virtually every other market on the planet. It’s really a question of how one defines manipulation. Short selling, or concerted buying, by big money, particularly through the use of High Frequency Trading, of any stock or commodity could be considered attempted manipulation and no-one doubts this goes on the whole time in virtually any market or stock one cares to name...............................................Full Article: Source
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