Palladium and Platinum
With the global economy healing and automobile demand hot, SPPP is soaring, as the metal is used to produce catalytic converters. Automobile manufacturing demand is expected to send palladium to another supply deficit.
“We’re expected to outstrip supply for multiple years out,” said Phillip Streible, chief market strategist at Blue Line Futures in Chicago, in an interview with
Reuters.
But SPPP isn’t solely dependent on palladium upside. The trust is getting a lift from platinum, which notched its best week in almost two months last week.
“Both palladium and platinum are used as emissions reducing catalysts in automobiles but palladium is used more in gasoline engine,” according to
Another supply deficit is helping palladium to the upside.
“It’s a confluence of factors,” says Tai Wong, head of metals derivatives at BMO Capital. “Fundamentally, there’s going to be a material deficit this year and automakers need to restock.”
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The return to lower interest rates around the world has also continued to support demand for physical assets, which tend to exhibit an inverse relationship to interest rates since investors are less apt to hold raw materials when bonds offer higher yields in a rising rate environment. Though it’s not an ETF, SPPP offers tax benefits too.
Plenty of Platinum and Palladium Perks with the SPPP Trust April 15, 2021
Palladium and platinum shouldn’t be overlooked in the precious metals conversation as both could be poised for substantial upside in the back half of 2021. Enter the
SPPP provides “a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors who want to hold physical platinum and palladium. The Trust offers a number of compelling advantages over traditional exchange-traded platinum and palladium funds,” according to the issuer.
In the ongoing push toward sustainable energy sources to combat climate change, developments in hydrogen fuel cell technologies could support platinum and related exchange traded funds.
SPPP provides “a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors who want to hold physical platinum and palladium. The Trust offers a number of compelling advantages over traditional exchange-traded platinum and palladium funds,” according to the issuer.
With the global economy shaking off the ill effects of the coronavirus pandemic, palladium could be a winning precious metal in the back half of 2021. Some commodities market observers are already forecasting more upside for the metal.
“Palladium did a return to point of breakout, close to the November and January highs at 2516.51/2511.03, before heading back up again,” according to Commerzbank. “Since the decline from the current March high at 2758.00 looks corrective and can be subdivided into three smaller waves a, b and c, we expect the current advance to rise above the 2758.00 high towards the 2020 peak and all-time high at 2878.04.”
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