i agree. when gold and silver prices are driven higher by fear, the mining shares don't perform as well as expected because investors view them as stocks, and not as metals. but later on when gold and silver are driven higher by greed, i expect the mining shares will outperform again.

silver standard's short interest is now up to 4.4 million shares, including both the tsx and nasdaq, so when the stock price does recover, i think it could move higher very quickly with short covering.