So you deny that a US1 billion fine was issued to a certain hedge fund for manipulating the price of silver?
How difficult is it to prove manipulation? VERY. It took the SEC years.
You want contributors in a stock chat to prove gold price manipulation? With no powers of investigation or ability to listen to calls etc etc.?
Regardless, I would think all the indicators are there.
A more salient question is to ask why there isn't proper investigation into the manipulation of the POG and instruments?
It may well have something to do with the fact that the highest levels of government do not want gold to run. USD came off the gold standard in the 1970s and inflation has been the characteristic since.
In fact central banks have been sellers of gold. Not great LT moves, as although they may have stalled the rises, they couldn't halt the trend.
At some point they will get overwhelmed my more events.
I think others are looking at this and asking what's the more logical explanation. Because we aren't the SEC. This is a chat room. We deal in probabilities and extrapolate from what we do know.
