This is a good article
Our Take on the Two Gold Closed-End Funds
http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/ ... ?id=355386

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Thanks for the write-up, moda0306! One question, and of course this is for the VP :-), do you know anything about tax rules concerning commodity ETFs like DBC? Should they go in tax-sheltered or not? What I've read so far when googling this hasn't cleared up anything for me... DBC and other commodi...

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Gold  Approx 9% Bullion (Pamp 1oz bars) and approx 16% GTU (central gold trust) Stock 25% VTI (vanguard total market) Long term bonds 25% TLT (iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond) Cash 25% Vanguard treasury only money market fund for tax loss harvest purposes: GTU maybe replaced with GLD for 30 day...

I like Pamp gold, If you buy it from a reputable dealer its fine. It seems to me that it is not hard to sell. You could sell Your Precious Metals To APMEX http://www.apmex.com/SellToUS/Default.aspx Now that being said I have bought Pamp bullion from a reputable dealer that is local. I keep sales rec...

At first it was confusing. But after some research and seeing some filled out samples it became very simple. In fact it is really simple and the forms can be filled out in a matter of minutes. I would be happy to send you a filled out sample of the form 8621 and required attachment.  Each year you j...

My gold tax stategy is: I hold about 7% in physical bullion and the rest to make it a 25% allocation I use GTU , I fill out the proper paper work: form 8621 along with updated attachment to form 8621  I elect To treat the PFIC as a QEF. I file this with my income tax and when it comes time to pay ta...

Quote from: herbgoat on July 24, 2010, 09:37:31 AM "I have a question about form 8621. Do you only have to fill out the form for the year you sell GTU? Do you have to file the form for every year for which you sold any shares of GTU?" For my Gold allocation I have percentage in bullion and...

When it comes to tax loss harvesting what is your particular way you do it? Do you wait until an assest goes down 10% 15%? Do you use a set tax loss harvest band? and what do you switch to: feed back on the following examples would also be appreciated: Stocks,Bonds and Gold Sell VTI and buy VV and b...