However if you peel back the glitz and the glamour you’ll see it’s not that simple. The Smart Money understands that trying to protect your wealth through precious metals, for today anyway, is not working, because bullion banks, central banks and those privileged with insider information on policy direction can manipulate through the paper markets and hammer you into dust. All this hand-wringing over US interest rates going up a measly 0.25%; it’s pathetic. No savers are being rewarded, no lenders are being rewarded, and if you live on an annuity most likely you are eating catfood. So how do the rich elite preserve or grow their wealth?