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Goldman Sachs is Manipulating Gold Prices Right Before Your Eyes – Money Morning

If you want a lesson on how to manipulate gold prices, you need only look at what Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has been doing over the past few months.

Goldman set the table by predicting a turn in gold prices back in December 2012, which no doubt contributed to the precious metal’s 5% decline in the first two months of the year.

At the end of February, Goldman issued a research report that said the big Wall Street bank had soured on the yellow metal, and dropped its three-month target for gold prices from $1,825 an ounce to $1,615, its six-month forecast from $1,805 to $1,600, and its one-year outlook from $1,800 to $1,550.

Then, just yesterday (Wednesday), Goldman doubled down on its negative outlook for gold prices.

The bank’s new targets for gold prices are $1,530 in three months, $1,490 in six months and $1,390 in one year.

The double whammy – two downgrades in two months – had its intended effect, as gold prices fell 2%, to $1,558.80, after Goldman released its report. It was the biggest single-day percentage drop for gold in nearly six months.

“If you’ve ever suspected gold prices are being manipulated, you’re not alone – and you’re right, they are,” said Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald.

The proof is right in front of us.

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