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Gold Alliance is the latest company to have landed on our radar for many of the right reasons. Established in 2002, Gold Alliance is one of the older dealers we’ve come across in a crowded gold IRA market.
...Buying physical precious metals is growing in popularity as a strategy for Americans seeking to diversify their portfolios and safeguard their wealth against economic uncertainties. Among the options available, gold and palladium stand out as two of the most compelling choices.
...The Internal Revenue Service allows certain types of precious metals – gold, silver, platinum and palladium — to be purchased by an individual retirement account. A Gold IRA is a generic term for a self-directed IRA that holds any of the four acceptable precious metals.
...Understandably so, bullion owners can get a bit psyched when it comes to storage. Those who merely own physical gold and the like may choose to self-store precious metals in a home vault or something similar. When it comes to precious metals bullion custody in a self-directed retirement account, you’re essentially forced to go with a third-party vault.
...Once the decision to open a gold IRA is made, customers are faced with another critical choice: how to store their precious assets. This is where the concepts of segregated and commingled storage come into play.
...First, let’s get the definitions out of the way: The SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) and the Vanguard S&P 500 (VOO) are both exchange traded funds, or ETFs. An ETF is an index fund that issues shares that you can buy and sell over a stock exchange, just like shares of an individual stock.
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