Platinum has far outpaced its metals peers for the month and year to date as supplies of the commodity are expected to fall short of demand for a third straight year. But that’s not the only reason for platinum’s stellar price performance.
Higher levels of immigration are net positive for Social Security and Medicare, but officials refuse to talk about the subject — even though it appears more than 100 times in the trustees’ reports.
On Friday, option traders will face something unprecedented: A monthly options-expiration event coming one day after a holiday when major U.S. stock exchanges will have been closed for business.