Commodities — Metals & Energy
Gold and silver on one chart (the precious-metals lens on inflation hedging and monetary policy), the gold/silver ratio (relative-value gauge), WTI vs. Brent (the energy benchmarks), Henry Hub natural gas, platinum (the cyclical precious metal), and an energy-vs-metals composite. London-Fix history via Kitco (CSV baseline) + MetalPriceAPI live for daily gold/silver/platinum spot; FRED for energy.
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Gold & Silver
(Spot Prices, $/oz — Gold on Left Axis, Silver on Right; Different Scales Because Gold Trades ~50× Silver)
Source: Stooq (xauusd, xagusd) with MetalPriceAPI live-spot fallback.
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Gold-to-Silver Ratio
(Ounces of Silver per Ounce of Gold; Below ~60 = Silver Strong, Above ~80 = Risk-Off / Recession Fear)
Source: Computed in-house from gold and silver spot prices (date-aligned).
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Crude Oil — WTI vs. Brent
(Spot Prices, $/Barrel — WTI is U.S. Benchmark, Brent is the International One; the Spread Reflects Pipeline / Refining Constraints)
Source: U.S. EIA via FRED — DCOILWTICO (Cushing OK), DCOILBRENTEU (Europe).
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Henry Hub Natural Gas
(U.S. Spot Price, $/MMBtu — Weather-Driven, Domestic Supply Sensitive)
Source: U.S. EIA via FRED — DHHNGSP.
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Platinum
(Spot Price, $/oz — The Third Major Precious Metal; Heavy Industrial Demand from Catalytic Converters Makes It More Cyclical Than Gold)
Source: London PM Fix via Kitco (CSV baseline) + MetalPriceAPI live spot.
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Energy vs. Metals (Rebased to 100)
(Each Series Indexed to 100 at the Start of the Selected Window; Diverging Lines Show Relative Performance)
Source: Computed in-house — Energy = (WTI + Brent) / 2; Precious Metals = (Gold + 50×Silver + 2×Platinum) / 3 (silver and platinum scaled to gold’s order of magnitude).
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