Platinum Soars 81%, Cements its Star Status Among Precious Metals
Gold’s climb to ever-increasing record-setting price levels has captivated investors this year and everyone is frothing at the mouth to get in on the action. However, not many have noticed that another precious metal, platinum, has quietly claimed star status among precious metals in terms of their market performance. So far, gold has climbed approximately 45% this year, silver has notched stellar 64% gains in the same timeframe, but platinum has left these two in the dust by climbing a remarkable 81.9% thus far into the year. Many factors have contributed to this remarkable rise of platinum this year. There…