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How Much Gold Should You Own at 25, 45, or 65?

How much gold should you own at 25, 45, or 65? The right allocation isn't a fixed percentage. It moves with your time horizon, income needs, and volatility tolerance, and this decade-by-decade framework shows you how, using the same models Morgan Stanley and Bridgewater actually rely on....
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Gold Price Outlook September 2026: What the Fed’s September 15-16 Meeting Means for Your Metals

Gold holds near $4,380 as hot August PPI lifts September hike odds toward 60%. Bank targets are unchanged, central banks are still buying, and here is what actually decides the Fed's September 15-16 call....
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Do You Have to Report Gold Stored in a Foreign Vault? FBAR and FATCA Rules Explained

The IRS says directly held gold isn't reportable under FATCA. FBAR asks a different question, one that depends on your vault's custody structure, not the metal or the country. Here's the distinction, straight from IRS and FinCEN's own text....
A large gold bar beside a single small gold coin, illustrating the size gap between a full redemption unit and a typical tokenized gold holding.

Tokenized Gold: What It Actually Is, and Where the “Just Like Owning Gold” Pitch Breaks Down

Tokenized gold (PAXG, XAUT) is a $5-6 billion category with $90.7B in Q1 2026 trading volume. But redemption thresholds, issuer counterparty risk, and a gap in the GENIUS Act mean holding a token is not the same as owning physical gold. Here is where the mechanics actually diverge, and what the pending CLARITY Act vote could change....
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....

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