In GoldCore's podcast yesterday, company CEO Stephen Flood and research director Mark O'Byrne said gold has not been responding as expected to the recent international financial turmoil because governments and central banks manipulate the monetary metals market. But they add that the physical market will overthrow this manipulation eventually. The discussion is posted at YouTube and the comments on manipulation begin at the 49-minute mark here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky25JhKC8k4&t=2s
