Charts & Tables
Globally up to $10 billion in assets is already invested in platinum. Studies suggest that platinum is both an effective diversifier of risk alongside other investments and a long-term store of value.
Platinum price in key developed market currencies since 1995
Platinum has outperformed in EUR, JPY and GBP
Platinum price in key emerging market currencies since 1995
Platinum has risen faster in countries with depreciating currencies such as South Africa, Russia and India
Precious metals price performance since 1995
Platinum’s performance has been broadly in line with gold and silver, until recently
Precious metals price performance over 1, 5,10,20,30,40 year periods
Platinum performance over short and long term periods
Platinum vs. equity indices since 1995
Platinum has performed in line with EM equities until recently
Asset class annualised returns over 5-year windows
Platinum has performed well against other assets
Platinum ETF holdings by fund
Physically backed ETFs only, showing domicile, start date and current ounces
Asset definitions table
Asset indices used in analysis: precious metals, equities, bonds and alternatives
