Platinum is rarer than gold, and more expensive because it has key and all-but-irreplaceable worldwide commercial applications the yellow metal lacks. Platinum possesses a chemical property universally exploited in catalytic converters. In an application called autocatalyst, platinum cleanses noxious pollutants from the exhaust of gasoline and diesel engines. Only platinum's sister metal, palladium, has a similar ability.

There have been ongoing attempts to manipulate gold's intrinsic properties and enable it to compete with platinum and palladium in autocatalysts, but results have been disappointing. Until gold is viable as a catalyzing agent in the high-temperature vehicle exhaust environment, platinum and palladium will securely retain this vast market. Platinum's many industrial applications, coupled with its unique position in the prestige jewelry market, and possible production shortfalls, give the metal a promising investment horizon.

Platinum Investing

There are five ways an ordinary investor or speculator can gain a financial foothold in the platinum market:

• Lynch Investments

• Investment Portfolio Sample

• Book E Free Investment Pdf Trading

• Retirement Residences Real Estate Investment Trust

• Sun Group Investments