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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1986378, member: 38849&quot;]I can&#039;t tackle the broad question, but certainly the interest-rate analogy is faulty.&nbsp; When interest rates are rising, people and institutions allocate more capital to bonds, bank accounts, and derivatives, simply to earn the interest which PM&#039;s don&#039;t.&nbsp; This drop in demand puts a lid on PM prices; over time, gold prices and interest rates tend to show an inverse relationship. Personally, I continue to buy PM&#039;s with funds from collectibles sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you happen to believe that gold and silver prices are seriously manipulated, then the prices in the marketplace are almost meaningless anyway.&nbsp; Below is a Reuters headline of May 23, 2014.&nbsp; Barclay&#039;s is the 7th largest bank in the world.&nbsp; Not unreasonable to think that a week&#039;s worth of profits from their scheme would easily cover a $44 million fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Barclays slapped with $44 million fine over gold price fix</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>You can find plenty of dependable news sources reporting price manipulation.&nbsp; Do you think they would have paid the fine if they were innocent?</p><p><br /></p><p>This website has a good comparative graph, but I couldn&#039;t copy it:</p><p><a href="http://www.minefund.com/commodity-charts/real-gold.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.minefund.com/commodity-charts/real-gold.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.minefund.com/commodity-charts/real-gold.php</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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