I'm with you as far as the level of finance knowledge on these boards. It's not surprising coming from a world where actually making money in your business is

I'm with you as far as the level of finance knowledge on these boards. It's not surprising coming from a world where actually making money in your business is an afterthought. That said, regarding ZH and "gold manipulation": what's exhausting is their claim of the magnitude of the effects, as if precious metals prices would suddenly fly through the roof. For example, when some of the big silver banks were busted for price fixing--a story that ZH covered extensively-- what happened? No visible effect on silver prices. So, the conclusion drawn is that there must a bigger conspiracy. I'm with some of the other commenters here. ZH is on the bleeding edge of financial news, but you have to untangle it from the hyperventilating. And the comment section is a cesspool.