Gold and silver will drop as the value of paper/coin comes back up. Not just the us but would wide paper and coin values and make gold go up and down. Another thing to look at is the start market...right now its booming so the "big wigs" are not buying as much gold and silver this would slow the selling of those items and the price will drop some as they are looking to invest into the stock market. Another thing to take note of is the bad weather they are getting over seas as some parts of it is still under water and has caused the price of hard drives to sky rocket but as a cause to them not being able to make or put out as many hard drives the metals they need they are not buying...that can lower the price of X metals. So there are many facts on how, why and when prices go up and down.