[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks for the info on the sudden rise in gold price.

in the old days, it would have meant a drop in the stock market.

Today, things do not work that way.

It would be interesting to know who is running the price up.

I know that I have heard the stock market was played with just before 9-11.

Post #4362 said there was going to be a strike that would make Amman seem insignificant.

[StillProud2BeFree]

1. Iranian plane crash earlier this week - most of the dead were journalists...

2. Major Iran military exercise in the Persian Gulf off of Oman this week in progress...

3. Iran's president said this morning that the OIC in Mecca decided that any threat against one member country would be considered a threat against the entire Islamic world...

The Persian Gulf is definitely heating up...

[ExSoldier]

It would be interesting to know who is running the price up.

I just asked my gold broker the same question! He said it was mostly large financial institutions are making bulk purchases. When gold takes a plunge in price, it's usually because a country like China dumps several metric tons onto the market at once. I'd like to know, if at those times, those particular countries (like China) were offered financial incentives by the global banks to keep the price of gold artificially low?