However hope springs eternal somehwere:

"Sinclair also added: “This raid on gold will fail miserably, and the recovery will be even more ebullient than the decline. We may decline $25, but we will go up many hundreds of dollars from here.”

Hmmmm. That is a very confident projection. Let's see what happens. Gold is down another $3.60 after hours but then again, thre are no more 'after hours' are there.

The 'angst' of the desperados is however, almost embarrasing. Have they no couth?