^^^^^^^^

To elaborate on the gold thing, I will explain a few things...
During the tech stock boom, central banks in Europe had large quantities of physical gold holdings. They leased the gold to companies, taking a profit on gold that was literally just sitting in their vaults. So, the people who leased the gold sold it to get cash to buy stocks, thinking that with gold being driven down due to market flooding they could replace it cheaply. Then they lost their shirts. Now the central banks are calling for their gold to be replaced, and the companies can\'t come up with it, \'cos the gold is in jewelry and in private investors\' cupboards. So it causes a "short squeeze" driving the price of gold up as investors scramble to fulfill the lease obligations.
In the last year, I\'ve seen gold go from a low of around $240 /oz to $350.
Now if I only had some money...