This is just an attempt pound the price and to keep the unclean (little guy) from participating. The big hedge funds have more money than most nations and can just pony up if they wish. The nations who want to accumulate gold for their reserves already have 100% of the fiat needed to purchase the goldso they only care about the risk of tungsten flu. Ths only people affected by this are those who are trying to pick up a few bucks jumping on a bull trend.

Seems in keeping with the current actions out of DC. Kill the middle class and fatten the rich. Nothing new or unexpected. Looking at the big picture; massive effort to pump the US $, huge effort to depress all precious metals and key comodities, risky monetization in unprecedented amounts, its all an attempt to keep the US apearing to be incontrol as they destroy the functional economy while goosing the financial coffers of banks and bankers.

Think of it as a C-section to extract the last golden egg out of the goose before it is cooked.