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The latest market frenzy fueled by retail investors is focused on silver, but many of the bulls aren’t actually buying the precious metal. Instead, they are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an exchange-traded fund known by its ticker, SLV. Blac...

The buying frenzy that sent silver to an eight-year high is showing signs of stalling.

Silver futures opened lower after the CME Group announced that it was raising margins for Comex contracts following a rally to an eight-year high that was inspired by an army of retail investors.

As silver futures surged to the highest level in almost eight years, traders are still trying to solve a mystery: Who penned the Reddit posts that ignited this staggering run-up in prices -- and why were they taken down?

For all the talk of a comeback for big tech shares in January, tracking the cash shows the rotation into riskier names not only continued -- it got stronger.