What about the proposition that the really huge money players (Rothchilds etc) are actually signalling that they see the general colapse of fiat money as immanent and are actuallg gold buyers. What better way to attempt to reduce their buy price than to declare their "official" involvement as over. Add to that the new French finance minister "priming" the public as to the logic of a sell-off of France's long held gold stash . . . . . instant one stop chunk of 500 tonnes - no questions asked'
The chess game of Gold is at a fascinating stage. You can't help but recognise that the initial game is ending and the end game is fast taking shape. Whether the outcome is a bull of epic proportion or the complete commoditisation of gold, it seems that the time is very near.