Retirees are not well-known for being major risk takers. In fact, quite the opposite is true with their age bracket. This is why it should not come as a huge surprise that they look at Bitcoin and the other major…
It is that season again when IRA contributions are on many a mind. With the deadline looming on April 15, 2019, to make IRA contributions for 2018, time is of the essence. That said, there are probably some things you…
Alternative investments are increasing in popularity with savvy investors who want to diversify a retirement account. Not only does one gain tax advantages, but they provide a diversified strategy cushioning a portfolio when traditional markets are volatile. In this article,…
Since the United States’ Internal Revenue Service at last began offering its citizens the right to store their Gold IRA physical precious metals assets internationally, it seems like every nation has jumped head first into the offshore precious metals storage…
When you set out to buy gold bullion, there are a number of considerations you need to take into account. It is more than just figuring out who to purchase the gold from, though that is a logical starting point.…
It is ironic that modern governments (who hardly even believe in gold as money) have a history of making war on gold when times get tough. The facts bear out the cases of five different nations making it their business…
As you can see in the picture above, Bitcoin is often represented by a gold colored token. The world’s second largest cryptocurrency (by market cap) Ethereum commonly has a silver token portrayal. It is no accident that the two leading…
Table of ContentsWhat Exactly is Bitcoin?A Review of Bitcoin as an IRA InvestmentThe Pros and Cons of Bitcoin What Exactly is Bitcoin? Bitcoin (or BTC) refers to the now world-famous digital currency which was created in 2009. Digital currencies are…
Gold, is considered by many, to be a hard asset that can be used as a long-term investment vehicle and will help you avoid the rapid devaluation of your portfolio during times of market turbulence. Gold is looked at by…
NOTE ABOUT THIS STUDY: we commissioned a 3rd party investment research firm, Beta Capital LLC, to conduct a thorough study on whether gold makes sense in an IRA. The firm looked into three different gold allocations (5%, 10% and 25%)…
Thanks to the significantly higher gold prices over the last decade, gold bars in almost any size have become so valuable now that counterfeiters find them a profitable challenge and a potentially big score. If you are sitting on a…
The majority of senior citizens in the U.S. are poorly informed about their retirement investment options, especially in regard to holding alternative investments like precious metals. Here’s the official poll question and results: Table of Contents“Did you know that you…
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Funds attempt to match the progress of the underlying stock market indices for each fund. It should not come as a great surprise to investors that if the stock markets are down in general, these funds…
Despite the fact that plenty of investment banks had lined up against gold’s prospects over the past months, gold managed to post its best quarter in thirty years for the first three months of 2016. Gold prices roared 16% higher…
The US dollar lost 2.15% against the Japanese yen in the space of 15 minutes after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announcement on interest rates. The spin-off from this turmoil provoked a fall in the S&P 500 of 0.7% within…
Puerto Rico has been in a period of economic stagnation that goes back decades. Along with the decline in GDP, it has also been losing citizens to the mainland, a trend that is causing a decreasing population. High government spending…
Based on recent reports, many investors believe the turbulence that impacted various markets earlier this year has come and gone. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that sentiment is ripe–sufficiently complacent–for a broad range of negative fundamental and macroeconomic forces–discussed here,…
It’s been said that the responses to a crisis sow the seeds of the next upheaval. Indeed, history suggests that the so-called fixes often fall short of expectations. First, they fail to take account of the fact that the causes of…
In the old, pre-crisis days, it was not odd to think that bad news for bonds was good news for stocks. It made sense from a fundamental perspective. Fixed-income markets tend to do poorly when economic activity is strong or inflation…
Image What is a Roth IRA ? A Roth IRA allows you to protect your savings from taxation just like a traditional IRA. But the contributions you make to this type of IRA are taxed at your normal income tax…
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