The three major precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum, have all followed behavior that that is consistent with expectations in a down market. Silver has seen the greatest under performance. Many view silver as the poor man's gold alternative. Hence, there will be stronger reaction when sentiment turns against the precious metals group (PMG). Silver has a 1.3 gold beta while platinum which has industrial usage come in with a .75 beta to gold.
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