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In recent years, economic uncertainty has given gold a new luster in the world of high finance. Whether it's a few gold coins or gold bars stored in one of the many vaults around the world, many investors are taking a shine to it. This 3-part documentary explores the power and politics of gold.

"What crash?" Gold is still up almost 500% since 2001. How does the S&P and Dow compare over that timeframe? Better yet, how about Apple stock? There is no other investment sector/space as they like to say these days, which can come close. So again I ask "What crash?"

Everyone wants to know why. Why did this happen? Could the prices fall further? If so, how much? In this article, I address these questions and put them into perspective. I shine some light onto the conventional manipulation theory and also the very idea of holding gold waiting for a higher gold price.

In my article of April 5th, posted here, I maintained that in the next year, and particularly for the next three to six months, a liquidation phase in the current cyclical bear market in gold would likely develop,,,[causing gold to] fall sharply. [Below are the 8 reasons I mentioned back then which still remain relevant today.]

Right now gold has no friends. Even some of its biggest proponents are declaring the bull market to be over...Let’s kick around a ‘short list’ of potential reasons for what caused the latest bloodbath. Words: 1170

Whenever a sharp and unexpected correction occurs after many years of gains, one is forced to take a step back and consider whether the bull market has breathed its last. Frankly, we don't think it has, but the best way to go about this exercise is to consider legitimate bearish arguments. Words: 1853

The recent plunge in gold prices below $1500 an ounce has suddenly awoken, well, just about everyone. The “gold bugs” are yelling that it is a conspiracy theory by the Fed while the stock market bulls say it is a sign that the Fed has achieved its goal of creating economic growth. Unfortunately, both arguments, while great for headlines, are wrong...The simple truth is that...

Much has been written about the collapse in the prices of precious metals over the past week. Below are introductions to 9 articles that present different points of view as to what has happened, probably is still continuing and may continue to unfold in the weeks to come.

By its obvious and concerted attack on gold and silver, the U.S. government could not give any clearer warning that trouble is approaching. The values of the dollar and of financial assets denominated in dollars are in doubt. For Americans, financial and economic Armageddon might be close at hand....

What happened?! is the question so many are asking about Friday’s waterfall in prices. A better question is, “Why?” Outside of the insiders, no one really knows. Yes, there can be some fairly cogent explanations, lots of glib answers, but no one knows, for sure. What we do know for sure is that the market is always the final arbiter [and this is what the market is saying:]