If you believe that the U.S. dollar will remain under pressure because the Fed’s monetary policy is more accommodating than policies of other major central banks.  Gold will not be a good investment if we have deflation in the near term (which is a likely policy choice in a recession).

Amazing returns have been achieved in the past reports GoldCoinsGain.com on gold bullion:

If you had purchased $25,000 of gold bullion coins in the early 70’s and held on to it during the oil crisis, inflation, devaluation of the U.S. dollar, Savings and Loan scandal, recession, tech and Internet bubble, cooked books, 911, and a real estate bubble you could sell that gold today for$524,999.00.

If you had purchased $25,000 of limited mintage investor gold coins over the same time line, you could sell that gold today for $1,377,257.00.

That’s pretty awesome!  and what a difference … just by purchasing the right gold.

So, how to put gold in an IRA?

It’s not as easy as you’d think.  Taking possession of your IRA gold is qualified as a distribution. Under that circumstance, the IRS requires that a possible penalty and the appropriate taxes be paid. To avoid the penalty and taxes you want to have your gold coins stored at a depository through the IRA custodian.