Tag: Platinum
Robert Friedland’s Inscrutable African Assets
The mystery continues.
Precious Metal Analysts Very Bullish for 2011. Favor Silver & Palladium.
Precious Metal Analysts affiliated with the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) were very accurate with their predictions for 2010, and they’re super bullish for 2011. In fact they are so bullish that only one analyst believes any metal is threatened with a decline in average prices through this year.
Gold, Silver and Palladium Clear Several Significant Hurdles, but Platinum Lags
nvestors in precious metals are entering a very interesting phase in the current bull market, which must be considered continuous over the last decade despite the rude but brief interruption of the global credit crisis.
Palladium Continues to Outperform. Gold Sets Long-Term Record.
Investment performance is all relative to the dates you pick, and the comparisons you make. Our analysis for the precious metals picks one date - 2000 - for the arbitrary benefit of being the start of a decade and a nice round number. The other date - November 2008 - is reasonably objective as the nadir of the credit crisis when most asset values bottomed out.
A Century of PGM Reserves in South Africa
ST. LOUIS (MineFund.com) — A fine article from Wits University’s Grant Cawthorn in Johnson Matthey’s Platinum Metals Review about the reliability of platinum group metal reserves in South Africa. The synopsis says it all (highlight ours): There are enough platinum group element deposits in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa to supply world demands for […]
Watch Out For That Curve - Precious & Industrial Metal Futures Curves
The term structure of commodities futures have been the source of much debate between Keynesians and classical economists. It is no small argument since futures curves are frequently used to forecast prices for commodities like gold, oil and copper.
Marathon PGM Owners Offered a Bundle. Is it Enough?
On the face of it, the deal is a steal for Stillwater. But be cautious.
What Will Soros, Einhorn, Paulson, Baha, Kaplan et al Do About Their Gold Capital Gains Taxes?
Don’t be to gold what Ford was to palladium in 2000-1.