OK, I'll share my pain with ECU/AUMN and precious metals investing. I am in for about 125,000 between three accounts with near 95% loss on paper. Unfortunately, I am holding additional mega losses in my GDXJ, SLW, PAAS, MUX, SVLC, AG, EXK, and USAA precious metals fund holdings to the tune of half mil. Yes, I really swallowed the pundits pandering goods hook, line, and sinker..

What really rubs it in my face is that I have lost out on double digit gains for several years on that hard earned money if I had just stuck with my balanced portfolio. Even worse I have sacrificed untold hours trying to get smart and understand what the hell is really going on and waiting for things to turn based on real fundamentals. This has been a never ending nightmare.