AJ completely agree with your post except this " whenever there is a market to decide valuation ".
This comex gold market is so " obtuse " that it is not really a market with transparent
access to buyers and sellers.
This is where multiple law " suits " have and are occurring ATM from both private " retail "
people and indeed Governments.
You cannot have a market if it is "controlled" by a few self interested parties. And they have partied at our expense for
too long IMO.