RE: The buyer and seller of 500 tons of If the US actually had the largest holding of gold bullion in the world do you really think that they would let Goldman attempt to depress the value by shorting gold and encouraging others to do the same.
My bet is the US lacks the physical gold that they pretend to have and dumped much of it long ago like David Brown in the UK or David Dodge in Canada directed when the price was much much lower. . Yep, these wizards sure know how to lose value for the citizens.
Interesting times for sure.