Today we interviewed the CEO of Augusta Precious Metals, Isaac Nuriani, to learn a bit more about his philosophy on gold investing and his outlook on the industry as a whole. Augusta Precious Metals is a household name when it…
2026 Survey Results • Gold IRA Guide We surveyed 2,000 U.S. adults ages 35–64 to understand what is driving (and holding back) real-world precious metals investing heading into 2026. Note: Findings reflect U.S. adults ages 35–64 (not all Americans). Percentages…
Founded in 2012, Augusta Precious Metals is known for a “high-touch” onboarding process and a relatively high minimum purchase requirement (often quoted at $50,000). The company leans heavily into education and transparency, which is a refreshing change in a niche…
The precious metals industry has been home to fraudsters long before the advent of the internet. Only now, they’re more visible. The growth in popularity of gold IRA accounts means that scammers are now actively targeting IRA and 401k owners.…
Let’s face it, not everyone has what it takes to be the next Warren Buffett or Bill Ackman. For every millionaire that financial investing produces, there are thousands who will never outperform the S&P 500. Free 2026 Gold Investment Kit…
Gold stocks can be a smart way to get exposure to gold, but they are not the same thing as owning physical bullion. With miners, your returns depend on gold prices and business fundamentals like costs, reserves, management decisions, jurisdiction…
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Silver as an investment has a checkered history of success. At times, silver prices have soared, such as in 1979 and 1980, when prices skyrocketed by 450%, and other times have seen silver prices collapse or stagnate. Free 2026 Gold…
For retail investors, the key differences between physical and “paper gold” could not be more important. While they both share obvious similarities due to their exposure to the spot price of gold, each category comes with benefits and tradeoffs that…
What should you do to be financially prepared to survive a future recession? Free 2026 Gold Investment Kit (Noble Gold) If recession headlines make you anxious, a rules-based plan can help you stay calm. This free kit explains how physical…
Emotions have their place in decision-making. They can make us more empathetic, more conscious of the broader societal impacts of our choices, and can even generate more rational outcomes. Free 2026 Gold Investment Kit (Noble Gold) If market swings stress…
Updated & Edited: December 2025 Debt ceiling headlines tend to show up fast, feel dramatic, and then disappear once Congress acts. Still, the drama is not harmless. Even getting close to the “X-date” can rattle markets, push short-term rates around,…
Updated & Edited: December 2025 Gold has long been recognized as a valuable and sought-after precious metal, and it still gets a lot of attention from investors for two simple reasons: it has a long history as a store of…
When you open a gold IRA account account (or any self-directed precious metals IRA), the fun part is picking the metals. The less fun part is figuring out where the metals actually live. Here’s the most important thing to understand up…
Once you decide to invest in gold, the next question gets real fast: where are you actually going to store it? Whether you’re stacking gold bars for investors or sticking with gold coins for investors, you’re balancing three things: Cost:…
Gold has been a store of value for thousands of years, but when you’re shopping for the cheapest way to buy gold, “cheap” needs to mean low total cost + high resale liquidity + low scam risk. You need to…
Important update (2025): Recent U.S. court decisions and IRS guidance have made it clear that so-called “home storage” or “home delivery” Gold IRAs are not a compliant way to hold precious metals inside an IRA. If IRA-owned gold or silver…
UPDATE (December 2025): This post was originally published in 2019, but we decided to give it a refresh to see who was on the right track with their predictions. So far, most of our experts have significantly underestimated gold’s strength,…
After the 2008 financial crisis, regulators uncovered multiple forms of market misconduct across asset classes—everything from benchmark-rate scandals (like LIBOR) to misconduct in commodities and futures markets. In precious metals, the key issue wasn’t “gold and silver are fake,” but…
Investing in precious metals has been a tried-and-true method of wealth preservation for centuries. While gold and silver might be the first metals to come to mind, palladium is a very different beast: it’s a platinum group metal (PGM) whose…
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