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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1007958, member: 112"]Alex there was nothing wrong with your question. And if you read my answer with an open mind instead of getting defensive or taking offense at my comments you will see that I agree with you - yes, the silver market is without a doubt manipulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this is what gets me. It's not just you Alex by any means. It's a whole lot of people. And they all ask questions very similar to yours or exactly like yours. But never does it seem that any of them consider what the reality is of any marketplace. </p><p><br /></p><p>They will ask these questions about gold, silver, even rare coins, as if only these things have any importance. But they never seem to realize that the importance of the precious metals market is minimal at best. It has almost 0 impact on their lives. But yet the precious metals market is the only one that matters to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I was trying to point out is that every market - everything you buy - has its price manipualted in one way or another by somebody. Your food, your clothes, your cars & trucks, your homes - everything has it's price manipulated. But yet people never ask questions about these items they just accept it and go on with their lives. But it is these everyday items that have the true impact, the largest impact on their lives because of the amounts of money spent on them by people just like you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it - what percentage of your income do you spend on precious metals ? Now what percentage do you spend on everything else ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you see what I mean ? Why worry about the price of gold & silver when it has virtually no impact whatsoever on your day to day life. If you are going to worry about something being manipulated then worry about the things that have the largest impact on you and don't sweat the small stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>I meant you no disrespect. It was nothing personal. I was merely trying to point out that in order to see the forest you have to quit looking at the individual trees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1007958, member: 112"]Alex there was nothing wrong with your question. And if you read my answer with an open mind instead of getting defensive or taking offense at my comments you will see that I agree with you - yes, the silver market is without a doubt manipulated. But this is what gets me. It's not just you Alex by any means. It's a whole lot of people. And they all ask questions very similar to yours or exactly like yours. But never does it seem that any of them consider what the reality is of any marketplace. They will ask these questions about gold, silver, even rare coins, as if only these things have any importance. But they never seem to realize that the importance of the precious metals market is minimal at best. It has almost 0 impact on their lives. But yet the precious metals market is the only one that matters to them. What I was trying to point out is that every market - everything you buy - has its price manipualted in one way or another by somebody. Your food, your clothes, your cars & trucks, your homes - everything has it's price manipulated. But yet people never ask questions about these items they just accept it and go on with their lives. But it is these everyday items that have the true impact, the largest impact on their lives because of the amounts of money spent on them by people just like you. Think about it - what percentage of your income do you spend on precious metals ? Now what percentage do you spend on everything else ? Do you see what I mean ? Why worry about the price of gold & silver when it has virtually no impact whatsoever on your day to day life. If you are going to worry about something being manipulated then worry about the things that have the largest impact on you and don't sweat the small stuff. I meant you no disrespect. It was nothing personal. I was merely trying to point out that in order to see the forest you have to quit looking at the individual trees.[/QUOTE]
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