Platinum has been the dog of the precious metals sector for years. While the metal is over ten times rarer than gold and has a myriad of industrial applications, it has underperformed the yellow metal dramatically. The price of platinum is trading near an all-time modern-day low against gold. At the same time, platinum has a higher resistance to heat and is denser than two of the other platinum group metals- palladium and rhodium. Platinum has also underperformed those two metals.
Aside from its role as an industrial commodity, platinum can also serve as both