You're onto it! I reckon the FED is the main culprit.
The best article I read about this was a few years ago by a bloke called Paul Craig Roberts. Very sobering read. I found the link again if you're interested. Keep up the good work!!
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/01/17/hows-whys-gold-price-manipulation/
Will do, thank you sir!
Since we're talking about gold market manipulation, you might be interested in this: I wrote a letter to the DOJ highlighting my own findings on extraordinarily unusual statistical variances in gold and silver bullion prices.
Of course, it went nowhere, but here it is for posterity's sake -- https://steemit.com/gold/@bullishmoney/my-letter-to-the-department-of-justice-urging-investigation-of-gold-silver-market-manipulation