Gold going down-Silver going up

This may be true in a free market but since the market has been manipulated this is not the case right now. Citigroup now denounces the manipulation. http://www.nolanchart.com/article4959.html

It is hard to say what the real price of metals are right now but it should be way higher than it is. This is the reason I and many others see metals as more than a store of value right now.

Silver is mainly an industrial metal that goes up during economic expansion, and down during recessions. Ted Butler hasn't been right in 10 years. You got hood-winked SIERRA.

In the past when talking to people about having a small store of Gold, I've likened it to a backpacker who is headed into the deep woods taking along a small container dog food (1 can + some kibble) as an ultimate "emergency reserve" -- the point being that no one would eat THAT until they were laying at the bottom of a ravine for two days with a broken leg, at which time you would be so weak and starved that just having anything handy for nutrition would be worthwhile.

And, IMHO, the proper use of physical Gold is much the same -- if disaster strikes it probably WON'T be as easy to get value out of any many people think (the local grocer is unlikely to want your gold coin, unless at a deep discount) -- but the effort that you have to go through to get the value back out will then make you use it LAST, and thus its "emergency reserve" value will be fulfilled. If prosperity returns and looks long-term solid, then it will be easier to sell the Gold and the value is likely to have been maintained (whereas all other items of value may have been destroyed in the meantime).

THIS use of Gold is significantly different that that advocated by the "Gold Bugs" and is also different than its use as a backing for a currency (where it is designed to prevent false currency inflation); but I still think it is a valid use nonetheless.