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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1457488, member: 22143&quot;]I agree the&nbsp; comment about the futures market being efficient when it comes to a &quot;real&quot; commodity such as potatoes.&nbsp; But only with &quot;real&quot; commodities.&nbsp;&nbsp; Potatoes will rot if not consumed, the supply changes dependant upon many uncontrollable factors, and there are substitutinons for it.&nbsp; So the invention of the commodities market handles this situation well.&nbsp;&nbsp; Farmers/miners&nbsp; share the risk of production with their buyers.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, gold, &amp; silver are not real commodities.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are a fixed quantity (relatively speaking), do not rot, and in the case of gold is not even consumed since used gold is recycled at close to 100%.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Given that physical gold and silver&#039;s supply are relatively fixed, then the price can&#039;t be manulipulated.&nbsp;&nbsp; So to fix this, the bankers invented the gold and silver future.&nbsp;&nbsp; This lets them create unlimited supplies of the stuff (on paper) and now the manilupators can move in.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s really a perversion of the commodities market and it also fools people into believing that gold is a commodity.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why they are often confused and bewildered, often expressed here on this forum, when the price moves exactly opposite of what has been predicted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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