Peter Schiff vs. Spencer Schiff: The Father-Son Debate Over Bitcoin, Gold, and What Makes Money Valuable
Retirement Investing Strategy: 6 Key Principles + STARTER GUIDE For Retirement Investing At Any Age
It doesn’t matter whether you’re late to the game or if you’re still in college, it’s never too late or too early to invest for your retirement. But no matter how young you feel, your retirement investing strategy has to reflect your age. Your exposure to risk should...
American Investors Believe Real Estate, Stocks, & Bonds Will Be The Safest Investments In 2021
At Sophisticated Investor, we understand in this utterly unprecedented year that has been 2020, Americans are striving to find investments that will prove to be the best option at keeping their hard-earned money safe. We conducted a survey asking 5,001 Americans which...
Self-Directed 401(k): The Ultimate Guide for 2020-2021
Retirement investors are often stuck having to choose between the volatility of the stock market and the underwhelming stability of money markets and bond yields. Self-directed retirement savings accounts are the perfect middle ground solution between these two...
Global Investment Demand For Gold Soars In Q3 Despite Repercussions From COVID-19 Pandemic – World Gold Council
The global investment demand for gold in Q3 was significantly higher than this time last year, said the World Gold Council (WGC) in its Gold Demand Trends Q3 2020 report. Specifically, investment in gold-backed ETFs surged to an all-time high during this quarter. In...
Buckle Up, We’ve Got A Contested Election: Here’s What This Means for Precious Metals, Stocks, IRAs, and More
It’s the day after election day in the United States and all signs point toward a long, protracted vote-counting process and successive court challenges launched by the incumbent government. News of a contested election that will take days, if not weeks, to settle has...
Gold Storage Vaults: 4 Companies You Can Trust To Hold Your Gold
For millennia, gold has proven to be a consistently beneficial hedge against tumult and economic uncertainty. In view of these unparalleled times, it is unsurprising that the price of gold has soared, and savvy investors are allotting a portion of their portfolios to...
Gold IRA Home Storage: Legit or Scam?
Given the unparalleled uncertainties of this brave, new age of ours, it should come as little surprise that investment hedges such as gold are soaring in value. At present, the price of gold is pushing $2,000 an ounce. Suffice to say, there is no better time than now...
Trading Stocks in Your IRA? Here are 9 Tips
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has imposed few restrictions on what can be held within a self-directed IRA (SDIRA), making this type of retirement account is a popular choice for investors. Stocks are one of the multitudinous assets allowed in self-directed IRAs....
Should I Invest In Annuity Through My IRA?
An annuity is a tax-advantaged insurance product that has become a popular investment vehicle for retirement. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has strict regulations on how an annuity contract can be rolled over into an IRA. The IRS stipulates that ““if an annuity...