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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?

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?