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Gold vs. Platinum

RichRRichR Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

I know...I know...the Precious Metals Forum...

So I'll make this a relevant question...

When was the last time the price of gold [eagles] and platinum [eagles] crossed/inverted?

Me thinks its been quite a while...like at least 5-10 years.

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Of course, both are irrelevant if you can't find people to sell you the physical bullion at anything resembling a typical markup over melt.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How long do the prices need to remain depressed before people will start letting loose with their stock?


  • << <i>How long do the prices need to remain depressed before people will start letting loose with their stock? >>




    I would guess it depends how desperate people are and what their intentions were when they bought. A collector who bought platinum from the mint this year, will probably just hold long term and keep it in their collection for the chance either plat goes up, or the numismatic value does.
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?


  • << <i>How long do the prices need to remain depressed before people will start letting loose with their stock? >>




    Similar to the mortgage industry bubble bursting, I think we will see a PM paper collapse in the very near future. Its just reversed. Just as housing was overinflated due to manipulation as well as a "feedy frenzy" that most people were caught up in, PM's are the opposite. The fact that I cannot, for the first time in my life, walk into a bullion/coin shop and buy a few ounces of silver at about 6-10% above stated newspaper prices is all the proof I need to know that paper prices are VASTLY undervalued. Its also commonly thought that there is NOWHERE near enough physical silver to cover every paper contract issued at a given time. The word for the day is MANIPULATION. The bubble will burst soon....and paper prices are much more likely to move up than is physical likely to move down.
  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭
    kitco.com has historical charts for PMs. You can track past prices there. They are not selling platinum either.
  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    Platinum eagles?
    What are platinum eagle?

    on a serious note..
    looks like e-bay sellers are still trying to sell Proof Pt eagles at about 10,000/oz. (1/10th oz almost $1,000)
    I just cant believe anyone would be buying.

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