**February 8th (Financial Times):** Silver prices dropped sharply last week, nearly wiping out this year’s strong gains—but retail investors still poured nearly $500 million into the silver market to bet on a rebound. Data from Vanda Research shows that over the six trading days ending Thursday, investors put $430 million into SLV, the largest U.S. silver ETF. Notably, on January 30th—when silver plunged 27% (its biggest single-day drop on record)—they poured more than $100 million into the…
