This is just an opinion on some basic observations.

The Markets

We all use the term market to mean this arena we all deal with to buy and sell stocks, such as ECU and SFMI, or physical gold and silver for many of us.

Most of us will probably agree that any market is supposed to be a place where the price of an item is determined, otherwise known as price discovery.

I would also wager that most here believe that there's a whole lot of price manipulation taking place every day in PM stocks and the futures.

My opinion is that since there are no real markets anymore, just interventions (manipulations), we probably shouldn't use the term market any longer when talking about the silver market, the gold market, the JPM market, etc.

Many of us also know that Blythe Masters of J.P. Morgan is the driving force behind the manipulated paper price of silver. Wouldn't it be less demeaning for us to stop calling this charade a market, and instead simply call it the Blythe Masters Show?

Terry