If the economy recovers...

[scyther]

I know many here consider it an impossibility, but if the economy recovers, how will platinum do? I noticed that while all metals crashed in 2008, gold and silver are a lot higher now than they were before the crash, while platinum is actually significantly lower. Should I buy platinum to hedge against economic recovery?

[Robarons]

What scares me is that alot of the uses Platinum is used for is being replaced by Palladium. They will figure out any way to transfer from platinum at $1600-$1800 to palladium at $750 or any price under $1600.

But yes platinum is a industrial metal more driven by manufacturing that tends to rebound in better economies. Platinum is more prone to supply disruptions as well- this year strikes are the only platinum mines are causing a net shortage this year. What that does to platinum who knows?