Measuring Declines from the High- Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
For the past few weeks, precious metals have undergone significant, rapid declines. This follows a year of banner performance during 2009. I wanted to take a post to briefly examine the extent of the declines for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
Roughly two months ago, gold had reached a new all time high and silver had [...]
2009 Precious Metals Performance: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
Precious metals delivered a strong performance during 2009 with strong returns across the major categories of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. Although gold seemed to dominate the attention of the mainstream press, the annual performance figures reveal that it was outperformed by other precious metals.
The table below displays the last price of 2008 from Kitco’s [...]
2009 Proof Platinum Eagle
Despite the fact that the 2009 Platinum Eagle bullion coins have been canceled, the US Mint announced their intention to release a collectible Proof 2009 Platinum Eagle later this year. Each year since 1997, the US Mint has produced a collectible proof version of the platinum bullion coin for collectors. Since 1998, the coins have [...]
2009 Platinum Eagle Bullion Coins Canceled
For the first time since Platinum Eagles were introduced, the United States Mint will not produce platinum bullion coins. This comes after nearly a year of suspension and uncertainty.
The American Platinum Eagle was introduced in 1997 as the first and only investment grade platinum coin issued by the United States Mint. Sales of the coin [...]
Where are the 2009 American Platinum Eagles?
The year is nearly three-quarters of the way completed, and there have been no 2009 American Platinum Eagle coins available from the United States Mint in any form.
Last year on October 25, 2008, the US Mint had announced the sale of the final inventory of 2008 Platinum Eagle bullion coins. They later announced on November [...]
