BUT EXPLANATIONS ARE FEW....
IT LIKELY WAS "REPUBLICANS IN POWER" THAT DROVE THE PRICES UP...NOT FEAR OF OSAMA... AND NOW FEAR OF MS NANCY & CO IS DRIVING PRICES DOWN...
THE SPECULATIVE BUBBLE IS DEFLATING FAST... CURIOUSLY, "EVIL" GOLD IS HOLDING UP BECAUSE THE SPECULATORS MADE SURE THAT GOLD WAS ALWAYS "BASHED" ON A DAILY BASIS EVEN WHILE THE OIL RUN UP WAS IN PROGRESS...