Precious metals investment fraud is real and documented — the CFTC and FTC have both brought enforcement actions against dealers for high-pressure sales tactics, undisclosed markups, and outright fraud, with case details published publicly at cftc.gov and ftc.gov. The SEC has separately pursued...
A handful of checks before opening a Gold IRA can save real money and hassle later, and they're all things you can verify directly with a prospective custodian rather than take on faith from marketing material. Check the full fee schedule in writing — setup fee, annual custodian fee, and annual...
Both physical gold (meeting IRC 408(m) fineness rules) and, through specialized custodians, certain cryptocurrency can be held in a self-directed IRA — the "go gold, not crypto" framing presents this as binary when the real difference is regulatory maturity and volatility profile, not legality....
Claims about where "smart money" is flowing in self-directed IRAs (SDIRAs) rarely cite a real data source. The IRS does not publish asset-allocation breakdowns for SDIRAs specifically, and no single trade association tracks all SDIRA custodians comprehensively — so any specific claim about fund...
Claims that Gold IRAs "silently drain" retirement savings usually point to real fee structures — but the fix is fee transparency, not fear. Self-directed IRA custodians handling metals typically charge an account setup fee, an annual administration fee, and a separate storage fee paid to the...
