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Platinum and Palladium: The Industrial Precious Metals
When people think of precious metals, gold and silver usually come to mind first. But platinum and palladium occupy a distinctive space of their own: they're classified as precious metals and traded as such, complete with their own bullion coins and bars, yet their prices are driven overwhelmingly by industrial demand rather than monetary or investment factors.
How Inflation and Interest Rates Move Precious and Base Metal Prices
Few economic forces get more attention from metals investors than inflation and interest rates. Headlines about central bank decisions and inflation reports routinely move metals prices within minutes of release. But the relationship isn't identical across all metals, gold, silver, and industrial metals like copper each respond through somewhat different channels.
Spot Price vs Futures Price: What Metal Investors Need to Know
If you've followed metal prices for any length of time, you've likely come across two different figures for the "same" metal: the spot price and the futures price. They're often close to each other, but they're not the same thing, and the difference between them tells you something useful about market expectations.