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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 857904, member: 3011&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">It is perfectly consistent.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is a huge difference between acting in the market to make money, and acting in the market to maintain a certain price range for the metal as groups like GATA believe is occurring.&nbsp; To understand this, you have to recall the history behind it.&nbsp; The CFTC long ago established that taking huge naked long positions in the market will be considered manipulation and will be prohibited.&nbsp; There is no such rule regarding the short side [yet].&nbsp; So the big players are basically &quot;following the rules&quot; and making money in a manner that is consciously or by omission sanctioned by the regulators.&nbsp; Think about it.&nbsp; If there was a price supression scheme, would gold have risen from $253 to $1100+ and silver from $4 to $18?&nbsp; What sort of supression scheme is that?</span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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