So far you have gone physical. If you want pure physical silver or pure physical gold then Eric Sprott has a fund for each. He is highly regarded in the ...um ...gold bug community. He has a long reputation. Spott silver website has a long list of the silver bars it owns for those who buy into it.
SLV= no premium to buy into
Spott silver= PSLV= fluctuates but currently a 20% premium to buy into it
I would not buy SLV unless it is short term. SLV is “paper silver” meaning it has your silver via silver futures and silver derivatives
Check the performance of Sprott silver -—>> http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:PSLV
Here is a very good video of Eric Sprott-—>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2w7wGwUZ9Y
I forgot that the reason I went with CEF is because they actually own the physical metal.
Greed is bad.