Platinum’s future eludes analysts

Platinum Investing News reports platinum prices have been volatile in 2008 reaching a high of $2,290 an ounce.

When surveyed, only a handful of analysts were willing to voice their predictions for the platinum market in 2009. Those who were willing to give their forecast had a wide range of opinion. At the high end of the scale, on analyst estimated a surplus of more than half a million ounces, whereas another calculated a deficit of 140,000 ounces.