Platinum Price Reservations

Our reservations concerning the Platinum price became firmer as last week progressed. Given that US investors in general have had the opportunity to play the platinum market in earnest for the first time, it is not surprising that since the launch of the platinum ETF

Platinum Investors Beware!

Platinum investors should be aware because the New York traded ETF (PHPT)maybe deluding the markets

How To Invest In Rhodium

At the end of last week Rhodium for 30 day delivery was trading around $1500 an ounce, more expensive than platinum and palladium with which it shares its primary use in auto catalyst applications to control exhaust emissions. We assume that our readers are conversant  with its properties and range of uses. Now lets see [...]

Will Shorting Platinum Be Profitable?

Either way shrewd traders or investors will be given an opportunity to profit. At this moment in time, when trade is thin and the world outlook is still obscure we are staying out of the market. Our gut feeling is shorting platinum will turn out to be the profitable play.

Gold, Silver and Platinum All Fall

Gold, Silver and Platinum all fall to two month lows before gold crawls back from below $906 an ounce to $914 an ounce in Thursday’s NY morning trading.

Gold And Silver Soar Leaving Platinum Dropping

Platinum languishes as gold and silver reach new multi month highs. Investors keen to participate in the commodity markets as prices rise in the face of the declining dollar look to gain from silver and gold.

Platinum prices have dropped by around forty percent from their peak as the metal’s major industrial users, auto manufacturers, show no signs of recovering from their current slump in sales.

Caution Advised as Gold Leaps

We must advise caution as the price of gold has leapt faster and higher than we anticipated.
Not so important for gold (and silver) investors in for the long haul but when the US markets open the temptation to cash in some quick profits may be difficult to resist.

New Research Threatens Platinum

Platinum’s woes continue as new research threatens to undermine its pre-eminence as a catalyst in fuel cells.

A potential breakthrough in the use of carbon nanotubes laced with nitrogen to replace the costly metal with this much cheaper technology will, if successful, lead to further downside pressure on demand.

Why Have PGMs Fallen Off a Cliff?

With gold and silver taking center stage as the current US economic situation looks to be deteriorating further with the dollar continuing on its downward path, there seems little reward in playing the PGM market and its producers.