IRS eligibility rules under IRC Section 408(m)(3) set specific fineness minimums: .995 for gold, .999 for silver, .9995 for platinum and palladium, sourced from a national mint or an assayer accredited by an exchange like NYMEX/COMEX. In practice, that includes American Gold and Silver Eagles...
Framing gold versus silver as which one "pays for retirement" misstates how both assets work: neither produces dividends, interest, or rent the way stocks, bonds, or real estate can. Any retirement value from either comes entirely from price appreciation between purchase and sale (or, inside an...
Economists sometimes call inflation an 'implicit tax' because it reduces the real value of money without any legislature passing a tax law - a saver holding cash or low-yield accounts loses purchasing power every year inflation exceeds their return, functionally similar to being taxed on savings...
No single asset, including gold, is something every investor strictly 'needs' - that framing is a sales hook, not a financial fact. What's real is a narrower, less dramatic case: gold has historically shown low correlation with stocks and bonds, which is a legitimate reason some investors choose...
This post is based on a cautionary short-form clip describing a couple's costly mistake - we can't independently verify the specific dollar figure or story details cited in the video, so we're not going to repeat those as confirmed facts. What we can confirm is the real legal rule behind why...
