When most people think of precious metals, their minds leap to the obvious: gold, silver… maybe even copper if they follow industrial cycles. But platinum? For decades, platinum has been the overlooked cousin at the family dinner table of metals. It’s rarer than gold. Harder to mine. More versatile in industry. And yet it barely registers in mainstream financial conversation. But here’s the irony: While the financial media parade gold’s rally across headlines and hype silver as the “poor man’s gold,” platinum has been staging one of the most powerful — and quietest — bull markets of the decade. Dubbed the “metal of ... (full story)