grinners said:
Can you please explain how they can do this to me? I don't fully understand. I assume you mean sell on paper and buy physical?
I'd think (from a newbies point of view), it'd be quite simple.
Assume for a minute that a lot of sheeple listen to and trust JPM. Let's say JPM say "Oooh look, gold will his $2500/oz". Let's say that Mr & Mrs Sheeple read in the morning paper the following information:
(1) JPM says gold to $2500 by end of year
(2) Gold is $1750 now
Mr & Mrs Sheeple then drive down the road, and go buy some gold.
In the meantime Mr. Crooked JPM and Crooked JPM Jr. are busy buying their own gold. And lots of it - they're a big company, with plenty of cash, right? And they are using their reputation to encourage as many Mr and Mrs Sheeples to buy too, because that causes more demand, and further acts to increase the price.
Come a decent high in the market, Mr Crooked JPM and Crooked JPM Jr. say "OK, this is enough profit - sell the lot".
Bang, down goes the price of silver on the 24th December, from $2495/oz to (say) $1500/oz.
Mr & Mrs Sheeple across state in Hucksville Alabama are left blinking their eyes and wondering how, when JPM said gold was going to hit $2500, and it was $5 off that, it suddenly crashed, and how they ended up losing $250/oz on what they thought was a "sure bet", because "JPM" told 'em so.
As a sideline to this story, JPM are featured in the next days main stream media with quotes and interviews of their price prediction back in August where they have the audacity to claim they were right, because $5/oz off is as close to home as home on any prediction front.