Clear, careful guides to owning physical gold and silver
Bullion Beacon explains how precious metals work: buying coins and bars, holding metals in a self-directed retirement account, moving funds by rollover or transfer, and what the companies involved actually charge. Every guide is sourced.
Start with Goldco
Goldco is a precious metals company that helps customers buy gold, silver, platinum and palladium for self-directed retirement accounts or as direct purchases. Its precious metals specialists are not licensed to give financial, legal or tax advice. These guides cover what Goldco is, what it charges and how to vet it.
- Goldco Review: How the Precious Metals Company WorksAn independent look at Goldco, a precious metals company in Calabasas, CA: what it sells, how its process works, its published fees, and its buyback.
- Goldco Fees ExplainedGoldco's published fee statement, plus a plain-English guide to custodian, setup, wire, maintenance and storage fees and how to compare costs fairly.
- How Goldco Works, Step by StepA step-by-step walkthrough of the Goldco process: requesting the kit, the specialist call, custodian setup, funding, choosing metals, storage and statements.
- Is Goldco Legit? How to Check for YourselfHow to check Goldco's legitimacy on your own: BBB and BCA profiles, the CFPB complaint database, review sites, state records, and the paperwork itself.
Goldco's published fee statement
Goldco asks that its fee information be shown exactly as it publishes it:
Gold IRA Fees
The required minimum purchase at Goldco to start a gold IRA is $25,000. Goldco’s preferred Custodian charges a flat annual account service fee which includes a one-time IRA account set-up fee of $50. as well as a $30 wire fee. Annual maintenance is $100, and storage is $150 for segregated storage or $100 for non-segregated storage.
Fees for gold storage and custodianship can vary depending on the company you select to handle these services (required by the IRS, as all IRA assets must be managed by a custodian). Depending on the Custodian, storage fees can range from $10 to $60 per month, or as a percentage of assets, from 0.35% to 1% annually.
For what each fee means in plain English, see Goldco fees explained and precious metals IRA fees explained.
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Goldco Reviews & Guides
Guides to Goldco, a precious metals company: how it works, its published fee statement, storage, buyback, and how to check it out yourself.
- Goldco Review: How the Precious Metals Company Works
- Goldco Fees Explained
- Goldco Minimum Purchase Requirements
- How Goldco Works, Step by Step
- Holding Gold With Goldco: Gold IRA Overview
Precious Metals Company Comparisons
How Goldco compares with other precious metals companies, coin shops, online dealers and gold funds, with a neutral checklist for every comparison.
- Goldco Alternatives: Other Precious Metals Companies
- How to Compare Precious Metals Companies
- Goldco vs Augusta Precious Metals
- Goldco vs American Hartford Gold
- Goldco vs Birch Gold Group
Precious Metals in Retirement Accounts
How physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium can be held in a self-directed retirement account: IRS rules, custodians, storage, fees and taxes.
- What Is a Gold IRA? Physical Gold in a Retirement Account
- How Holding Physical Gold in an IRA Works
- Self-Directed IRA Basics for Precious Metals
- Silver in a Retirement Account: Silver IRA Guide
- Platinum in a Retirement Account
Moving Retirement Funds Into Precious Metals
Step-by-step guides to rollovers and transfers from 401(k), 403(b), TSP, pension and IRA accounts into physical precious metals, and the IRS rules involved.
- Moving a 401(k) Into Physical Gold
- 403(b) Rollover Into Precious Metals
- 457(b) Rollover Into Precious Metals
- TSP Rollover Into Precious Metals
- Pension Lump Sum Rollover Into Precious Metals
Gold & Silver Coins and Bars
Guides to popular gold, silver, platinum and palladium coins and bars: purity, weights, premiums, IRA eligibility and how pricing works.
- American Gold Eagle Coin Guide
- American Gold Buffalo Coin Guide
- Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Guide
- South African Krugerrand Guide
- British Gold Britannia Guide
Precious Metals and the Economy
How gold and silver have related to inflation, interest rates, the dollar, recessions and market volatility, with sources and without predictions.
- Gold and Inflation
- Silver and Inflation
- Gold and Interest Rates
- Gold and the U.S. Dollar
- How Gold Has Behaved During Recessions
Precious Metals Buying & Ownership Guides
Practical guides to buying, storing, insuring, selling and keeping records for physical gold and silver, plus how to vet a precious metals company.
- How to Buy Gold: A Practical Guide
- How to Buy Silver
- How to Buy Platinum and Palladium
- How to Choose a Precious Metals Company
- 25 Questions to Ask a Precious Metals Company