I was listening to HB's radio show archives and he said having gold in a custodial account in an IRA would be okay if it had to be in an IRA.  The Fidelity account doesn't have your name on specific gold coins.  I think that is what determines a custodial account.  Not just that they owe you so much...

Thanks for the comments Craig.  I'll look into selling the REIT if I can get out of it without too much of a loss.  Right now we have most of the accounts at Fidelity.  Once I have everything invested I'll look into moving some of the funds to another broker. There is a Simple IRA I have with my wor...

Thanks to everyone that responded here.  I'm figuring out which accounts will hold what and how much.  I might be back, but it all seems like if you just stick to the plan and use common sense you should be all right.

Can't you just open a brokerage account within your IRA and buy an ETF? I have a brokerage account and have bought ETF's for gold before.  But I was wondering if anyone has used the FideliTrade.  It is physical bullion and can even be delivered to you if you asked.  I would like to hear some pros a...

Is the "loss" a market loss or some kind of contract break penalty fee? If it's a market loss, I'd just cut my losses, sell, and fold the proceeds into the PP. If it's a fee that exists now, but will go away soon, I'd consider the REIT a variable portfolio until the fee goes away. I don't...

Has anyone had experience buying gold through FideliTrade?  Most of our money is in Fidelity IRAs.  We already have some physical gold, but not enough, and not enough cash outside of IRAs to balance the PP gold allocation.  Otherwise I would probably go with an ETF.  I know that owning gold outside ...

I am new here and starting a PP with my wife's and my IRAs.  I am locked into a REIT that pays 6% from healthcare real estate that I got into with a former financial adviser.  Should I ignore that as part of the PP or should I figure it into one of the categories, and which one?  The REIT is not tra...