Imagine you are an apple tree.

When the harvesters think the time is right, they bring out a machine and attach it to the trunk of the apple tree. The machine shakes the tree and the fruit which should become the next generation of apple trees and is the hertiage of the tree is as completely as is possible taken away.

The very fact that things in the precious metals markets are being shaken so hard right now is because the natural harvest time is not very far in the future.

Anyone being shaken out of their positions at this time will likely regret it in the not too distant future. When those that are currently shaking these markets are done they will let the market rise to the next level where they are confident they can play the same game. This is the nature of bull markets.

In the finale*, which is likely a few years off yet, even those currently shaking the market for fun and profit will just let it go up until it won't go anymore.

*(typically when the public comes in; in this case I wonder if the public, at least in the western economies, will even have the ability beyond their necessities to make investments - perhaps the wealth of the eastern nations will do what the western nations did in the late 70's so that there will be a grand climax)

p.s. I hope everyone is enjoying of the pre-election gasoline prices. Soon these prices IMHO will only be a fond memory and they will never be seen again. Food, clothing, and utilities are due for significant increases as well. A one penny gumball will cost between ten cents and a quarter and no one will have two nickels to rub together. People will soon see all human governments at their "finest."

P.