How much is a pound of gold worth in 2026? The short answer: with gold trading around $4,100 per troy ounce as of mid-2026, a pound of pure gold is worth roughly $60,000. To understand where that number comes from…
Looking into St. Joseph Partners and wondering whether this faith-based Pennsylvania dealer is a good place to buy precious metals? This review is for you. St. Joseph Partners is a boutique name in the precious metals industry, founded and run…
Laith Alsarraf is an entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of Birch Gold Group, a well known precious metals IRA company that helps investors and retirement account holders diversify their portfolios through gold, silver, platinum, and palladium investments.…
Gold is a precious metal with a long history of being used as currency, jewelry, and other decorative items; it’s known as one of the most stable and inflation-proof investments historically. Gold is also an excellent conductor of electricity and…
You probably heard one of those Noble Gold Investments commercials on radio or TV and are wondering if this company is a good place to buy precious metals? This review is for you. Noble is a popular name especially when…
When you open a gold IRA 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…
Every few years, the same question comes back into the gold market conversation: is the world running out of gold? It is a fair question. Gold is rare, expensive to mine, and still treated by many investors, central banks, and…
Gold and silver investors have more mobile tools than ever, but not every app is built for the same kind of investor. Some apps are great for clean price tracking. Some are better for buying bullion. Others are stronger for…
Editor’s note: Augusta Precious Metals is a commercial precious metals company. This article summarizes comments made by Augusta’s Director of Education, Devlyn Steele, during an IncomeInsider TV interview. Readers should compare providers, understand fees and risks, and speak with a…
Jewelry collectors and precious metals aficionados alike often wonder what their high-purity gold items are worth. 18 karat gold, or “18K gold,” is no exception. For example, a pound of gold is worth dramatically more today than it was just…
Collin Plume is the founder and CEO of Noble Gold Investments, a precious metals company best known for Gold IRAs, silver IRAs, and direct purchases of physical bullion. If you spend enough time researching gold IRA firms, his name starts…
SD Bullion has been around long enough that most serious precious-metals buyers have at least heard the name, and after covering gold dealers and Gold IRA providers for more than two decades, I’d describe it as one of the more…
If you rolled retirement money into a gold IRA and later found out the metals may have never actually made it to the depository, I’m really sorry. That is an awful position to be in, especially if a large part…
March 2026 Update: we have substantially revised this review due to a growing number of serious public complaints and reader comments alleging non-delivery of metals, lack of communication, and missing IRA assets. As of March 2026, Colonial Metals Group has…
Proof coins are the “showroom finish” version of a coin. They look stunning, but they also come at a higher cost! Proof coins are struck with extra care using specially prepared dies and planchets, which is why you usually see…
In an earlier post, we covered the Top 7 Gold Bars for Investors. In a similar vein, today we are going to identify 7 of the best gold bullion coins to consider as an investor. And since this is a…
If you’ve ever shopped for gold or silver coins online (or talked to a dealer on the phone), you’ve probably heard the same buzzwords: bullion, proof, uncirculated, BU, burnished, MS70, PR70, and a dozen “special” labels that sound like they…
Gold and silver just went through one of those headline-grabbing moments that makes even long-time buyers pause. After a powerful run to new highs, prices pulled back fast. Commentators immediately split into two camps: “crash” versus “healthy correction.” In a…
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Gold FOMO is REAL right now… When it seems like every day you see a “new record high” headline and your group chats start talking about gold and silver again, it is easy to feel like you have to buy…
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