gee, i am glad i did not rubbish goblin, and aired the view that it is good to have a contrarian oppinion. i have been in the gold market for a long time, and it continuously disappoints. having said that, my gut feeling is that the big, swings in the market, are indicative of the mechanizations of manipulative forces. the gold price is no doubt inversely realted to the $us, and from all of my reading, that could spiral downward. here is a link from this weeks bulletin magazine - where gold is not mentioned, but the message is clear, that the $US could very well spiral downwards. of course the news is not new, but it simply reinforces the view