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Gold & Silver IRA Investing

Precious metals like gold and silver in your retirement account can provide tax advantages, deferring taxes on gains until retirement or even making them tax free forever.

And the process is simple: roll over cash from your 401(k) or other retirement plan into a "self-directed" IRA from one of our connected custodian partners, or make annual contributions up to IRS limits, and then choose your investments. Assets are stored in secure vault storage and are available to sell or take distributions at any time.

Getting Started

Open, Fund, Invest

It's simple to get started investing in physical gold and silver in an IRA. All you have to do is:

1. Open Your IRA

Open an IRA in minutes and choose from Traditional, Roth, SEP or SIMPLE account. All IRA accounts are managed by one of the country’s most trusted custodians, Equity Trust with over $25 billion in assets under custodianship, they are the leader in self-directed precious metals IRAs.

2. Fund It

An IRA must be pre-funded before you can use it to invest. Log in and choose from:

  • Annual IRA Contribution: You can usually complete online with an electronic transfer in a few minutes, or by sending a check or wire. There are limits on the amount you can contribute annually.
  • IRA-to-IRA Transfer: Transfer if you already have an IRA with a brokerage, you can transfer part or all of your IRA's cash over to your new account.
  • Rollover: If you have a 401(k), 403(b) or other eligible retirement account, you can usually roll part of your balance over into an IRA.

3. Invest

Choose from our selection of the most popular and liquid metals investment options.