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Educational material written to be understood, not to persuade. Start anywhere or request the full information guide and read at your own pace.
Getting Started
Understanding gold IRAs
What a self-directed IRA is, which accounts may be eligible to move, and the roles played by the custodian, the depository, and the dealer.
Read moreRetirement
Retirement account diversification
How a modest metals allocation is sometimes used alongside more traditional retirement assets and why concentration is its own risk.
Read moreComparison
Gold versus silver
Price per ounce, storage footprint, industrial demand, volatility, and premium differences between the two metals.
Read moreCustody
Storage options explained
Home storage for cash purchases, depository storage for retirement accounts, and the difference between segregated and commingled holdings.
Read morePricing
How premiums and spreads work
Why two one-ounce coins can carry very different prices, and how to evaluate the spread before you buy rather than after.
Read moreProcess
Transfers and rollovers
The practical difference between a direct transfer and a rollover, typical timelines, and the questions to ask your plan administrator.
Read moreDue Diligence
How to evaluate a precious-metals dealer
The disclosures a reputable dealer provides without being asked, and the sales tactics worth walking away from.
Read morePlanning
IRA retirement calculator
Estimate the monthly contribution or single amount needed to reach your retirement number, and see how a metals allocation would fit inside it.
Read moreRisk
What gold cannot do
An honest look at the limitations: no income, real carrying costs, price volatility, and liquidity considerations.
Read moreCommon Questions
Answers to the questions we hear most
Eighteen of the questions clients ask most often, answered plainly and without sales language.
Read moreFree Guide
Prefer everything in one place?
The Aurum information guide collects these topics into a single document covering products, IRAs, storage, pricing, and the questions worth asking before you buy.
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