Yes, seems like there really is a shortage in the physical markets now. Can the buying pressure overcome the paper manipulation though? McGuire in the KWN interview made a very interesting point, that the bullion banks with the collusion of the MSM smacking PM's in their PR, all the while covering their shorts from the hedge funds who are believing this propaganda and selling short! Are those people really so stupid? Hope so as they are the ones allowing JPM et al to cover! I love this setup. My big question is whether they have enough ammo to keep the price down here until the wave of physical buying passes and then crash paper again, hence demoralizing the new buyers and getting some phyz back to cover the low inventories. IF the physical is truely in strong hands and they will not sell but have the cojones to buy more lower, I think this game is finally going to be over soon. Expect a big smackdown around contract expiration for June COMEX to discourage anybody to stand for delivery.