"Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution
of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society."
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Another vertical move in silver from the New York open, as the bullion bears who are heavily short silver attempt to cover their paper shorts, which is a trick considering how tight the physical market is, and how vulnerable they are to discovery now that their attempt to suppress the price is falling apart.
It is like watching the Hunt Brothers silver gambit in reverse. As you might suspect, this is not the kind of action one sees in healthy markets. These volatile price swings are unnerving to most investors, and to the industries who rely on the markets to set prices for their planning in the real economy.
If you like your markets opaque, imbalanced, and dangerous, the NYMEX is your Bartertown.
If this turns into a serious short panic the price of silver could reach its all time high. Markets that are allowed to become this out of sync with legitimate price discovery are inefficient and disruptive to the real economy.
But now we will see if the bullion banks who have sowed the wind, reap the whirlwind.
But for now, the Administration is failing to reform the markets, as seen by the SEC's latest attempt to deal with a sudden 1,000 point drop in the Dow. It is almost funny to hear the Wall Street squeaktoys explaining that one away on bubblevision.
The Banks must be restrained, the financial system reformed, the economy brought back into balance, before there can be any sustained recovery.
