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Gold IRA Investing - The Most Tax-Efficient Way to Own Gold

Gold IRA Investing - The Most Tax-Efficient Way to Own Gold by Evan Hutcheson, CPA, LLC ( Watch the video to learn about the advantages of investing in gold in your IRA account. In the video above, I talk about one of the most tax-efficient ways to invest in gold, which is to do so through an IRA. Gold has attracted investors for a very long time, due to its beauty and scarceness. 32% of gold demand worldwide is for gold bars and coins, otherwise known as gold bullion (around half of the demand is by the jewelry industry. Gold can be a good investment. Someone who had invested in gold bullion in 2004 would have seen a pretax annualized return of over 12% over the ensuing 10 years. That being said, the return is not without its risks. There has been a dramatic drop on the price of gold in the past several years. In 2012, investments in gold would have returned a annualized pretax loss of more than 14%, a pretty big hit to the investor. Physical gold investments are clas...