If you ever wanted a more obvious sign who is for rising gold/silver prices and who is against them, look at this:

On the one hand, The CME group which runs the COMEX, raised margins after the pm crash:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-0...er-margins-185

An the other hand, the Shanghai Gold Exchange just lowered margins:
http://ransquawk.com/headlines/shang...its-17-04-2013

Where would you as a speculator or hedger take your positions?