Silver heading for record fall

Silver heading for record fall  09/23/11 Fri
September 23, 2011, 10:54 AM
Silver prices are sliding sharply for a second straight day.
The metal is off $4.71 an ounce, or 13.14%, at $31.13 in closing price.
Friday’s slide would be among the 10 worst percentage falls for the metal in the past 20 years and the second largest nominal decline, after Thursday’s $3.89 drubbing, according to data compiled from FactSet Research.
Silver’s 10 worst percentage declines:
-13.75% 4/20/2006
-13.14% 9/23/2011
-13.05% 6/13/2006
-12.92% 10/02/2008
-11.10% 4/21/2004
-10.74% 10/10/2008
-9.94% 8/15/2008
-9.61% 9/22/2011-9.39% 12/08/2004
-9.18% 4/24/2006
-9.12% 8/05/1993
-Tom Bemis