Why invest in other precious metal shares? (Present intention about 10%)

• Generally, precious metals prices move in sympathy to gold.
  
  
• Metals like platinum and palladium have important industrial applications so a global economic recovery would stimulate demand.
  
  
• The price of silver is highly correlated to that of gold and supply from new and existing mines fell considerably short of demand in 2008.
  
  
• Occasionally there are exceptional bargains to be found in precious metal shares, especially at times when the main focus of investors has been on gold shares.