It’s not just Gold that is being “controlled”, its every major mkt that has any ability to act as a road map.
Bonds and the SM in particular are under 24/7 control. This is done via outright mkt tradeing and fixing the rules to suit see below. it will only end in the PM when either they run out of Metal, or a big enough crisis turns up, that blows their games apart. Seeing how dumb our leaders are, that may not be far off.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-23/gates-are-closing-sec-votes-through-money-market-reform