All the cliches apply to the stock market. "If you don't know who the sap is at the poker table then it is you".
If you think the news manipulates people it is nothing compared to the stock market. These guys aren't gambling small time, a million dollar pot is nothing, they laugh at that. Pump and dump is not simply for the mafia.
Wake up, the movie "The Big short" documented how corrupt the entire system is from the rating agencies to the big banks to the government.
You think it is any different with the gold and silver? The Bible says that you will cast your gold and silver into the street. Why would you do that? The claim is that gold and silver never loses its worth, so why would people cast it into the street? My guess is that it will be illegal to hold it. They did that before, they'll do it again.
Do you really think the same evil genius that is plotting the mark of the beast hasn't considered a barter society and gold and silver?
At best it is a stop gap that will be useful for a few months after the rapture until Antichrist can impose the digital currency.
Jesus said to use the unrighteous mammon to make friends that will welcome you into eternal habitations. That is the best advice, you can use it to help others.