Its all manipulated through selling paper gold.. ( gold that physically does not exist and gold through EFT, people tried to claim their gold from that german bank that nearly went under.the bank refused..simply because it did not have the gold they sold..jim rickards did a good article on how the big banks have sold over 100x more gold than has been mined since the records started...i beleive they are doing it to turn people off precious metals..but in the long run metals are the best asset against the worlds failing economy..