What Are the IRS Rules for a Precious Metals IRA in 2026?

Two tests decide whether a retirement account can hold bullion, and the industry quotes only one of them. The purity figures everyone cites are not in the tax code. The condition that is there cost one couple $411,000 when they kept eligible coins in a home safe.

Gold Ran Past Wall Street’s Own Price Targets. Four Banks Disagree on What Happens Next.

Morgan Stanley’s fourth-quarter number arrived in August, after the bank had already cut it. UBS is sitting on its December figure. Wells Fargo trimmed while Citi raised. And that $202 million bet against gold? CNBC corrected the story. Five moves, one pattern.

Silver Beat Gold in August. Almost Nobody Said So.

Every outlet ran the same line about gold’s best month since September 1999. Measured close to close, silver rose 19.0% in August and gold 15.1%. Here is what the smaller metal’s lead says about who is bidding for metal, and why a positive real yield stopped mattering.

Gold Beat Aircraft and Oil to Top America’s Export List. Nobody Agrees Why.

Gold reached the top of the US export table in three separate months, out of more than 1,200 categories. That makes gold the largest US export by value. The trade-deficit offset climbed from under 4% to about 19%, and the cause is contested.

Americans Spent More in July. They Got Nothing Extra for It.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis put July consumer spending up $36.3 billion, and up $1.3 billion once prices are stripped out. Core inflation held at 3.3%, a sixty-fifth straight month above target. Here is why gold slipped anyway.