This video touches on a real distinction between gold and assets like bonds or bank deposits: gold carries no default risk, since no issuer or counterparty owes you a payment that could go unpaid. A bond can default if the issuer fails to pay; physical gold simply has no such promise attached to it. Investors who want that characteristic inside a retirement account can hold IRS-eligible gold through a Gold IRA, provided it meets the purity standard in IRC Section 408(m) and is held by an approved custodian.

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