Concho, if you had studied the precious metals markets in depth you would know that the IMF has been threatening to sell this same 400 tons of gold for at least 20 years now and it has yet to be sold

so, yes, you are very correct to think that IMF gold sales are meant to manipulate the market

if you really studied in depth you would find that these threats to sell the IMF gold, coincidentally, seem to occur when gold is threatening to break above some level that the central banks / TPTB have decided to defend

as you can see by observing your own behavior, the IMF threat has done exactly what it was intended to do, which is to steer you away from going long in the precious metals market

some analysts think the IMF sale may actually occur this time – who knows, history says otherwise

China would love to buy this gold – they’d get a single price for 400 tons without driving the gold market price up – will China be allowed to purchase this gold? that’s another question since the US has final say-so over selling any IMF gold and the US and China are currently in a pissing war