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Gold IRA guides and articles

Plain-English answers about Gold IRAs and the gold that goes in them. Each article answers first and links its sources.

What a Gold IRA is, who holds the metal, which gold qualifies, and the honest pros and cons.

The three ways to move retirement money into a Gold IRA, the IRS rules for each, and the mistakes that trigger tax.

Every fee a Gold IRA can carry, flat versus scaled pricing, and a worked example of first-year cost.

How the spot price of gold is set, what bid and ask mean, and how to figure a coin's melt value yourself.

How to figure what an American Gold Eagle is worth, from its gold content and spot price to premiums and collector value.

Which gold coins and bars an IRA can hold under IRC 408(m), what doesn't qualify, and why the metal can't be stored at home.

Want it all in one place?

The free Gold IRA Planning Guide collects the steps, checklists and questions from these articles.