Category: Investment

Earned income is a requirement to contribute to a traditional IRA, and your annual contributions to an IRA must not exceed what you earned this year. The law does not allow IRA…

Although IRAs used to be limited to owning American Eagle gold and silver coins, IRAs can now invest in IRS-approved gold, silver, palladium, and platinum bars and coins.. Section 408 (m) prohibits…

Still, a gold IRA can be a good option for investors who want to diversify their retirement accounts and also take advantage of the hedging benefits that the yellow metal offers over…

Gold is valuable as a private currency. You can use it to evade government control as no government controls it. You can use it to “launder money,” an ominous but vague term…

Under IRS rules, IRAs can invest in almost anything, with the exception of life insurance, most types of collectibles, and S company shares, i.e. shares in a company that elects to pass…

Although IRAs used to be limited to owning American Eagle gold and silver coins, IRAs can now invest in IRS-approved gold, silver, palladium, and platinum bars and coins. Want to set up…

The government doesn’t require you to report the purchase of gold and silver. When a gold purchase must be reported, the trader is the one to report it. Form 8300 requires information…

Many experts therefore recommend a precious metals portfolio that ideally consists of 75% gold and 25% silver. This is because the price of silver tends to be more volatile than that of…

Fidelity offers investors the opportunity to purchase precious metals1 as part of a diversification strategy. We offer trading in gold, silver, platinum and palladium bars, and coins. When trading precious metals, Fidelity…

Gold bars don’t pay interest, dividends, or other returns. So it doesn’t really take advantage of the tax-free growth aspect of IRA investments. You would only get a discount on every capital…