Paper Gold
Gold IRA Glossary
An informal term for investments that track the price of gold without giving you physical metal, such as exchange-traded funds, futures contracts, and gold certificates. Paper gold is usually cheaper to buy and easier to trade than coins or bars, but you own a financial claim rather than the metal itself. A Gold IRA holds physical metal, while paper gold can be held in an ordinary brokerage IRA.
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