Silver's glitter leaves speculators with a bad taste

Let's say you bought silver, as bullion or in an exchange-traded fund, between Jan. 1 and Jan. 29. And you have the stake still. Sorry to say (though you probably know it already): You're sitting on a loss. How big a loss is yet to be determined. But it could be as much as 18.5% — the difference between silver's March 23 close and its $84.67 close at the end of January. If you did the same thing with gold, you may also be sitting on a loss, though not as big as the loss in silver. Actually, you may sti ...