According to this article, the neocrim fascists are manipulating the markets to keep interest rates down for the November US election. This nasty operation is accentuated by a bogus oil “find” by Chevron (Rice’s old firm) in the Gulf of Mexico.
Logically after the election, there may well be a gawd almighty stock crash as artificial constraints are burst and effects of lower consumer demand and a housing slump kick in. Gold and other commodities in demand should however do quite well.