Gold & Silver Stock Manipulation on a Massive Scale ...

March 5/08 - March 4, 2008 may go down in history as one of the single most obvious attempts to manipulate precious metals stocks on a massive scale.

For some reason, it seems that a certain entity(s) want to contain the broad rise in the precious metals stocks... many people (GATA being the most famous and courageous) over the years have contended that the precious metals stocks are being manipulated to manage investor sentiment, inflation expectations, and artificially support the US Dollar.

Managing "investor sentiment" by containing a rise in precious metals stocks could be seen as a tool to keep money from being withdrawn from the broad equities markets... essentially fooling the avg. investor that all is well within the stock markets, when in fact it's not.

Managing "inflation expectations" by containing a rise in precious metals stocks could be seen as an effective tool to keep the avg. investor fooled about the real rate of inflation... essentially fooling the avg. investor that inflation is low, when in fact it's not.

On March 4 2008 (just as Gold was approaching the $1,000 mark, and just after Silver had passed the $20 mark) every major Gold and Silver stock exhibited the nearly exact same downtrend, starting at nearly the exact same time, ending at nearly the exact same time... coincidence?, ya right.

The charts below show the manipulation of precious metals stocks on a massive scale, the charts below show when the organized manipulation effort started, and when it ended... the charts only show 15 of the largest Gold/Silver stocks by market capitalization, but there were many more precious metals stocks manipulated along with these stocks (essentially every major precious metals stock was manipulated at the exact same time and in the exact same manner... check the March 4/08 charts for yourself if you want further evidence... the organized manipulation lasted for just over an hour; starting just before 11am, and ending just after noon) I haven't show every manipulated stock below, but I think by showing the 15 largest stocks, it's pretty obvious to see the fingerprints of massive stock manipulation...

Precious Metals Stocks 1 - 5 ...

Precious Metals Stocks 6 - 10 ...

Precious Metals Stocks 11 - 15 ...

It is this type of stock manipulation that has turned many investors away from Gold & Silver "stocks" and straight into Gold & Silver "bullion"... you see, the Gold & Silver bullion markets are world-wide markets and are much, much larger markets than the Gold & Silver stock equity markets; thus the "bullion" markets are much more difficult for the manipulators to tinker with... this is one of the reasons why Gold & Silver bullion have been outperforming many of the Gold & Silver stocks over the past 1 - 2 years.
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