Silver occurs naturally at about 19:1 so that's about where it should be valued. They can't raise interest rates, or they'll cause an equity sell off. They can't lower interest rates or they'll cause a spike in gold, with just the rumor of such a thing. If gold rises without silver rising, then the Gold:Silver ratio goes higher. At some point JP Morgan is going to have to let silver run because the cost of covering COMEX silver shorts will just be too overwhelming. There are approx 700 paper promise contracts for every ounce of silver allocated. If gold rises, and silver starts looking rally tasty, we may be in for quite a global financial mess. When consumer, and industrial demand start looking for delivery of their paper promises, that silver will be nowhere to be found. Every bank on the planet will fail. That's likely this summer as the Deutsche Bank derivative conundrum comes home to roost.