Not easy for bullion banks to put golden Humpty Dumpty back together again

`` I can't help but think that the recent news about Venezuela has had something do with gold's rise late this past week. And it may have had something to do with the strong run-up over the past few weeks.'' -- In our opinion, in contrast to the author, most likely the Bullion Bank "shorts" were unrolled already to come up with the gold Venezuela was demanding. This would explain the massive upwards force in the market over the last few weeks.