In searching for treasury bill rates via Google or Google news, very little actual information would actually come up. This has now changed, as there is suddenly a wealth of information available.

If saw doom in manipulated rates, have someone strap you down for apoplexy should rates go nominal negative.

There was a brief period of negative rates last week and you can see it on Marketwatch's website if you select a 3-month period for the chart.

What that might mean us a re-rating of the whole forex market, or a needful decline the US currency.

Banks would also vie with one another for gold.

In such a scenario, a producing gold mine with a dividend will attract investment dollars(only accept Canadian $).

A mine that 'only' produces 50 - 100k is not a failure in this scenario by any measure.

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/Bond/TMUBMUSD03M?countrycode=BX

$Gold Weekly

A $40 decline in the gold price was followed by a complete retracement this last week.

On the opening of the quarter you aught to expect some decline, as traders play out their options.

What has occurred is a price outlier, only to conform with a probability curve in a volatility smile.

A derivative strategy in vogue that uses this strategy is 'out-the-money' when the prices rise above the smile. Prices would have to be below the bottom set last June an 'out-of-the-money' smile-option.

http://scharts.co/15SkfR3

-F6