Rhodium fails to regain lustre

I have been fairly vocal about my bullish view on precious metals for quite a while. And with yesterday’s surge in prices, I am quite content to ride my positions. However, adding to one’s holdings at decent prices has become problematic as most of the corrections have been shallow, not really affording proper buying opportunities.

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By Katchum:Rhodium is a metal in the platinum group metals group (PGM) that nobody really knows about in the investor world. It isn't traded online through futures, while gold, silver and platinum are. You can only buy this metal physically through dealers which makes this metal perfectly unmanipulated.

By Richard Bloch:Every once in awhile you read an article about investing in rhodium, which is one of the platinum group metals, probably the third most well-known PGM after platinum and palladium. I suppose that investors might look at a chart of rhodium prices and wonder if it will soar past $10,000 an ounce again. It could, but that doesn’t make it a good investment idea. The market is very thin and rhodium is not a commodity suitable for most investors. There are three reasons why.

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By Hard Assets Investor: All that glitters is not gold.