precious metal

American  

noun

1. a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.

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precious metal British  

noun

1. any of the metals gold, silver, or platinum

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Example Sentences

Treasury yields rose across all maturities, the WSJ Dollar Index saw its largest quarterly gain, and precious metals declined.

From Barron's

The firm recommends investors that who like gold allocate a mid-single-digit percentage of their portfolio to the precious metal as a hedge and a way to diversify.

From Barron's

“The precious metal appears to have found some support near $4,500 an ounce, with investors taking advantage of cheaper gold as inflation worries weighed on the metal,” analysts at ANZ said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The precious metal notched its fourth consecutive weekly decline Friday, marking its longest weekly losing streak since August 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal

Worries about the inflationary impact of rising crude-oil prices, coupled with a series of disappointing U.S. debt auctions, pushed Treasury yields higher last week, while stocks, precious metals and bitcoin continued to struggle.

From MarketWatch