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IRA-eligible gold: a macro view of a bullion bar stamped ".995 FINE GOLD," the IRS's minimum purity threshold for a Gold IRA.

IRA-Eligible Gold: The Coins and Bars That Actually Qualify

Not every gold coin can go into a Gold IRA. This guide breaks down the IRS fineness rules, the one coin that's exempt from them, and what actually happens if you buy the wrong product with retirement funds....
Bank vault door in sharp focus with a blurred home safe in the foreground, illustrating why a home storage gold IRA isn't legal

The No-Home-Storage-IRA Myth: Why the IRS Requires a Depository

A home storage gold IRA sounds convenient, but the IRS doesn't allow it. This piece walks through why: the 2021 Tax Court case that settled the question, what Section 408(m)(3) actually requires, and the two-step compliant path — custodian, then depository — for holding gold and silver in a retirement account....
American Gold Eagle coin and a gold bullion bar, the two product types eligible for a gold IRA

What Is a Gold IRA? The Purity Rule the IRS Never Wrote

A gold IRA is a self-directed retirement account holding physical bullion. This guide covers where the 99.5% purity standard genuinely comes from, why the American Gold Eagle qualifies at 91.67%, where the metal must legally be stored, and the 2026 contribution limits....
A 1 oz fine gold bar resting on the flat section of a chart where the interest rate line has stepped down to zero, representing the zero interest rate policy years.

What Is ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) and How It Changed Gold Forever

A zero interest rate policy holds the central bank's short-term target at or near zero. The Federal Reserve did it twice, for nine of fourteen years. But zero rates alone never moved gold. The real policy rate did, and it explains today's market better than the headline number does....
How much is a gold bar worth: a gold bar on a precision scale showing its weight in grams, the figure that sets its metal value.

How Much Is a Gold Bar Worth? Every Size, From 1 Gram to 400 Ounces

A gold bar is worth its troy ounces multiplied by the current gold price. This guide gives the exact troy ounce content and metal value of every size from 1 gram to 400 ounces, shows what a fixed budget buys, and explains why size decides storage....
Serial-numbered gold bar on a vault inventory sheet, the documentation that decides a gold storage bankruptcy.

What Happens to Your Gold If Your Storage Company Goes Bankrupt?

Allocated storage makes specific bars your legal property. Unallocated storage makes you an unsecured creditor. Two real bankruptcies and a 1994 court ruling show why that one distinction decides who keeps the gold....
Grouped bar chart comparing J.P. Morgan's May 2026 and August 2026 silver price forecasts across Q2, Q3 and Q4 2026 plus 2026 and 2027 full-year averages, showing cuts of 7 to 30 percent, with silver's 1 September 2026 spot price of $64.44 marked as a reference line.

Silver Price Prediction: One Bank Cut Its Target 30%, and the Reason Wasn’t the Fed

J.P. Morgan cut its Q4 silver forecast from $90 to $63, and silver already trades above it. The driver was solar demand, not the Fed. Gregory Shearer sizes the decline at roughly 60 million ounces, which is larger than 2026's 46.3 million ounce deficit....
Bar chart comparing first published and latest 2026 gold price figures from six banks against the August 28 close, relevant to whether gold price will go down in 2026.

Will Gold Go Down for the Rest of 2026? Six Banks Cut Their Targets, and the Cuts Trailed the Price

Six banks revised a 2026 gold price target between June and late August. Every revision moved down, and not one moved up. Gold still trades below four of the six reduced figures, which means the cuts chased the price and did not catch it. Here is the revision record, the rate mechanism behind it, and what a dated price target commits anyone to....
Serialized silver bar placed in a numbered vault box — allocated silver vs SLV custody

SLV Holds Your Silver. It Just Can’t Give It Back to You.

Institutions are quietly rotating silver exposure from SLV toward allocated vehicles like PSLV. The real driver is redemption rights, not the leasing myth....
What Are the IRS Rules for a Precious Metals IRA in 2026?

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....

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