Specific growth claims about gold and silver IRAs — like a stated percentage gain for a given year — are frequently repeated across multiple videos and articles from affiliated or overlapping sources, which can make a single claim look more independently verified than it is. Before acting on any such figure, trace it back to a primary source: COMEX/CME settlement data, the LBMA’s published price history, or the U.S. Mint’s own sales data, rather than accepting a number because it appears in more than one place.

Even an accurate growth statistic for a past period says nothing certain about future performance — a point the SEC’s own investor materials make explicitly. If a specific number is central to a decision about moving retirement funds, it’s worth the extra step of confirming it independently before treating it as fact.