RE: RE: GOLD As a side point, some commentators have mentioned that a new big player has entered into the gold market and apparently its a central bank. Likely, this is Japan. An why not? Why not print tons of paper at virtually no cost, trade it for a tangible such as gold, and flood the world with your currency in order to maintain a trade advantage with other countries. Sounds perfectly reasonable when the only other option is to watch your economy and country croak.