Good point here on Zerohedge:
And Suddenly Things Change... | ZeroHedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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The wait is over. Everything that can break is breaking: stock markets, bond markets, the galaxy of derivatives — bets on this and that, which will never be honored. Banks are next. Gold and silver are hanging in there for dear life just now, because they’re actually worth something.
(And because they are worth something, they‘ll eventually sell off some too, to cover margin calls on other stuff hemorrhaging value. But they will not go to zero like a lot of other stuff, and they’ll come back stronger.)That explains the drop in gold and silver prices. Everyone's just converting stocks and metals to currency, various currencies, to pay for things they need cash for. Will cause a temporary depression in the gold & silver price followed by a steep climb.