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By Anthony Lazzara |
May 21, 2013
Platinum is down big, trading down $28 to $1,457. Even though platinum is gaining media attention as an “alternative precious” metal to use as an investment, we still believe it is susceptible to downward price.
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By Sholom Sanik |
May 2, 2013
Palladium may be rare, but it is not a precious metal. While volatility in gold prices may affect palladium prices in the short term, palladium should not be beholden to the broad precious metals investment climate.
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By Agnieszka Troszkiewicz, Bloomberg |
April 30, 2013
Commodity investment net outflows were $7 billion in the first quarter, one of the weakest on record, because of the liquidation in gold, Barclays Plc said.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
April 24, 2013
With stocks seeming to become the new safe haven, gold has found itself on the ropes. Will this continue? Are industrial metals such as palladium a better play?
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By Godfrey Marawanyika and Franz Wild, Bloomberg |
April 22, 2013
The government in Zimbabwe, which has the world’s second-biggest platinum deposits, is preparing a law allowing it to seize controlling stakes in companies without compensation, according to a draft of the legislation.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
March 25, 2013
Look for advanced platinum deposits in stable jurisdictions. They are very rare and should be in great demand as the price for platinum and palladium breaks out.
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By Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
Rhodium, the scarcest precious metal used in making catalytic converters, is outperforming platinum and palladium for the first time in seven years as global car sales rise to a record.
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By Debarati Roy and Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
February 13, 2013
Platinum rose for a second straight day, widening its premium to gold to a 17-month high, on concern supply may fall after Zimbabwe seized land from the country’s top miner of the metal. Gold slid.
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By Godfrey Marawanyika, Bloomberg |
February 12, 2013
Zimbabwe seized some land owned by Zimplats Holdings Ltd., the country’s biggest platinum miner, “with immediate effect,” Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
February 11, 2013
Hedge funds increased bullish commodity positions for the fourth straight week and became the most bullish on copper since December on signs of faster growth in the U.S. and China.
