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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1635935, member: 4626&quot;]Um, point being?&nbsp; What do stock exchanges have to do with the supposed manipulation of precious metals prices by governments?&nbsp; Are you saying governments manipulate stock prices too?&nbsp; And even if they do, what does that have to do with the topic at hand?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it&#039;s relevant, but to answer your question: stocks and equities are an interest in a business, and their value is based on investors&#039; appraisal of the businesses&#039; potential profits.&nbsp; Precious metals are commodities that derive their value from their intrinsic worth.&nbsp; Both prices are determined by supply and demand, but stock has zero intrinsic value, if a company goes out of business, its stock becomes worthless.&nbsp; Gold has never been worth zero since humans have assigned a value to it.&nbsp; I suppose if someone finds a mountain made of pure gold its value would plummet, but there&#039;s no Gold Inc. that would make gold worthless if it went out of business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you ever take economics in high school and/or college?&nbsp; This is pretty basic stuff here, just wondering.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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