Archive for megan@spredx.com

Nobody Tells You How Simple It Can Be Most people’s first call to a precious metals company goes something like this: they’ve been thinking about buying gold for a while, maybe years. They finally pick up the phone expecting a confusing process full of jargon and pressure. Instead, they spend 20 minutes talking to a […]

Timing the Silver Market Is Harder Than It Looks I’ve had hundreds of conversations with people who held off buying silver for months, sometimes years, because they were waiting for the “perfect” moment. They watched prices dip, hesitated, and then watched them climb again. Most of them will tell you the same thing now: waiting […]

Everyone Wants to Buy at the Bottom. Almost Nobody Does. It is one of the most common things we hear: “I want to buy gold, but I am waiting for the price to come down a little.” We understand the instinct. It feels financially responsible to wait for a dip. But here is what three […]

The Box Under the Bed Is Not a Storage Strategy I have heard this more times than I can count. A client buys their first batch of silver rounds, the package arrives, and they slide the whole thing under the mattress or into a shoebox in the closet. It feels secure in the moment. It […]

Nobody Talks About Platinum. That Is Exactly Why You Should. When most people think about precious metals investing, they think gold first, maybe silver second. Platinum barely registers. And yet, in our 30-plus years of combined experience helping Americans protect and grow their wealth, platinum is one of the most underappreciated assets we discuss. Is […]

How to Roll Over Your 401k to a Gold IRA Without Losing a Dollar The Call We Get More Than Any Other Somewhere around age 55, a lot of people start doing the math on their 401k and feel uneasy. The balance looks fine on paper. But the whole thing is sitting in mutual funds […]

Silver IRA Rollover from a 401k: What You Need to Know Before You Start If you’ve spent years building up a 401(k) and you’re wondering whether you can move some of it into physical silver, the answer is yes. A silver IRA rollover from a 401(k) is a legitimate, IRS-recognized strategy that lets you convert […]

Best Precious Metals to Buy During Inflation: Gold, Silver, and Platinum Compared Inflation doesn’t announce itself politely. It shows up in your grocery bill, your energy costs, your rent, and quietly in the diminishing purchasing power of every dollar sitting in your savings account. When inflation accelerates, a lot of investors start asking the same […]

Physical Gold vs Gold ETF for Retirement: What We Tell Every New Client Every week, someone calls us after spending hours trying to figure out whether to buy physical gold or just put money into a gold ETF. It’s one of the most common questions we get, and it’s a genuinely important one. Both options […]

How to Open a Gold IRA Account: A Step-by-Step Guide from Our Specialists A lot of people come to us after years of watching their retirement accounts swing up and down with the stock market. They want something more stable, something real. If you’ve been thinking about adding gold to your retirement strategy but aren’t […]