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What analysts are saying
- Steve Forbes "A return to the gold standard by the United States within the next five years now seems likely, because that move would help the nation..." Human Events: "Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years" (5/11/2011)
- John Embry - $100.00 (no period cited) "We haven't even really seen money start to significantly flow into hard assets... it's going to have an outsized impact on the price [of silver and gold.]... King World News (July 2011)
- Doug Casey - $5,000 (by end of 2013) "Gold could hit $5,000 an ounce in the next couple of years, as paper currencies in the United States, Europe, and Japan drop in value..." Mineweb (03/2011)
- Tom Fitzpatrick - $100.00 (no period cited) "While the high so far this year was at the same level as the peak in January 1980, we are not convinced that the long-term trend is over yet." Bloomberg (July 2011)
- Hal Lehr - $2,000 (in 2011) "Gold, which reached a record on May 2, may surge a further 30 percent by [2012] as investors seek to protect themselves from 'economic uncertainty'..." Bloomberg (5/2011)
- Peter Krauth - $250 (no period cited) "...silver prices could reach as high as $250 per ounce before the silver bull finally stops running." Commodity Online (May 2011)
- Robert McEwen - $5,000 (by end of 2015) "Gold is a favored asset relative to equities and other assets. In times of financial stress, you have people going towards precious metals and hard assets..." CNBC (4/2011)
- Dr. Stephen Leeb - $200 (by August 2013) "My guess is that 24 months from now, that silver coin you are holding that you bought for $35 or $40, you are going to see a $200 tag on it." King World News (August 2011)
- John Paulson - $4,000 (in 3-5 years) "Gold prices could go as high as $4,000 an ounce over the next three to five years, as the U.S. and U.K. flood the money supply." Wall Street Journal (5/2011)
- David Morgan - $75 (no period cited) "The next leg up [for silver] could take out the $50/oz. level after a few tries and then not look back until establishing a new nominal level of $65/oz. - $75/oz. Silver demand is growing for both industry and as an investment." The Gold Report (August 2011)
- Jim Sinclair - $5,000 "Looking for a major upturn in gold as soon as June and targeting $5,000 as a longer term objective." Mineweb (5/2011)
- Charles Oliver - $50 to $100 (next few years) "...the long-term story for precious metals is still very firmly intact." Reuters (May 2011)
- Christopher Wyke - $2,000 (by 2012) "Gold has been going up for the past ten years, but we think gold is going to continue to rally over at least next five years..." Professional Advisor (3/2011)
- Louise Yamada - $2,000 (in next year) "Gold looks fine as it is moving to a new high. Gold remains in a structural bull market that was initiated in 2002." King World News (3/2011)
- Peter Krauth - $86.75 "An important metric to understand and watch is the silver-to-gold ratio. It tells you how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold..." Silver Price Forecast" (12/2/2010)
- Mac Slavo - $50.00 "Based on just the supply/demand equations, the price of silver should continue to rise and approach its historical silver-to-gold ratio..." Silver Will Be Worth More Than Gold" (12/31/2010)
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Advantages Of Having A Gold IRA
Many investors use a gold-backed IRA to reduce the volatility of their retirement portfolios and help ensure its safety and profitability at the same time. They will also tell you that by investing in gold, they have realized a great return on their investment without assuming any additional risk, or were able to reduce the risk and thus avoid any negative affect on their returns.
Gold is in a class by itself as an investment
Any investor who bought $10,000 in gold bullion coins at the start of the 1970s-and retained them during inflation, the oil crisis, the devaluation of the dollar, recession, the savings and loan scandal, the technology bubble, the recent decline in real estate values, and today's economic uncertainty- can now sell those coins for $305,715. Also, anyone who bought $10,000 of limited-mintage gold coins at the same time will discover that they are now worth S590.000.
Gold is an asset that cannot be rivaled, and currency's purest form. No government has the power to devalue it, and its worth is not determined by interest rates, politicians, boards of directors, or central bankers. It ensures the investors purchasing power, and it has also emerged intact after each economic crisis for centuries.
What acquiring a gold-backed IRA entails
Rolling over a Roth IRA or traditional IRA and investing in a gold-backed IRA is far from complicated. Separation of people from their employment enables them to "roll over" the assets they have accumulated in their 402(k) plans into gold-backed IRAs, If such a separation does not take place, they may find that they are unable to transfer any funds from their existing 401(k) plan, but that is worth checking because this exception does not apply in every case.
The term "transfer" is applicable to an existing IRA with a bank, stock brokerage firm, credit union, or other financial institution that is transferred to a designated trust company for the acquisition of a gold-backed IRA, As a rule, this is done by transferring the funds in the account or the related securities, but in certain cases, other rules for completing the transfer may apply.
