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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sturmgrenadier, post: 1249071, member: 18711&quot;]Hi. I own some junk silver that I keep in a safe deposit box. I also own about $10K each in a Silver ETF (SIL) made up of silver mining companies and a Canadian silver fund that holds actual silver and some gold (CEF). I bought into these funds back in April. So far I have found the return on these investments to be disappointing. What puzzles me is that when silver goes up, the price of these funds doesn&#039;t necessarily follow suit and the inverse of this is also true. A good friend holds a lot of junk silver, but advises that one&#039;s portfolio should also include other silver-related securities, because the good ones (he emphasizes that there are healthy ones and rip-offs so one must do due diligence in researching) have excellent growth potential and are a sensible complement to holding actual silver (bullion, junk, etc). As a secondary consideration, I have found that junk silver/physical bullion is bulky/takes up a lot of space (I have filled up my large safe deposit box at a local bank. So what about it? How many of you posters/silver bugs believe that it is advisable to diversify one&#039;s precious metals portfolio by buying some non-physical investments? If so, what do you believe is a sensible percentage allocation between bullion and non-physical? What silver funds do you own? Thanks for sharing your views.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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