
FactSetSilver. Rock climbers call this “extreme verticality.” Click for jumbo chart. This has been an historically awful day for precious metals. Here’s just how grim the selloff in silver was today: The $6.49, 18% decline to $30.05 an ounce (that’s the September contract) was the worst dollar loss since January 22, 1980 and the worst percentage loss since April 27, 1987. It was the second-biggest dollar loss in history and the fifth-largest...