On gold, silver and the $US. Gold and silver down, dollar up...whoops....gold and silver up...dollar down.

Gee, Ben really scared the death out of everyone saying that interest rates could go up at some future time. YIKES!!!! "Okay boys, heave too and goose the buck!"

Unfortunately there's a spoiler out there. Seems that , even though China et al have designs on letting the $US down gently others (who we wildly speculate are trapped short) are only too happy to sell as soon as it moves up a touch.

As for gold, the reverse seems to be playing out...as soon as gold drops a touch (for some strange reason such as "proift taking", or "dollar surge") some greedy buggers are despicable enough to buy it.

Just another freaky Friday.