today the silver price was off 61 cents. but even though silver was down almost 6%, silver standard was up 21 cents. also slw, mvg, and mgn were up. it's just another example of how badly the comex price is rigged. even while the paper price of silver was getting clobbered, some of the better silver mining companies closed higher. this year end rally hasn't been what i hoped for, but it's better than nothing.