Posted by: headm on: May 14, 2012
When an individual is planning to retire and needs to figure out how much money they need there will be a host of questions that must be addressed in order to have enough. The first question is how much do I need to save. This is a hard question to answer since each person has their own specific needs but even further what money can buy and this is very important since inflation has been growing rapidly.
Inflation is when the government borrows money to make up its financial shot falls and when there is too much money printed into circulation it will lead to the buying power of the currency being reduced. What is an individual to do when faced with this, they need to put their money where it is safe and that is precious metals.
People have always used precious metals to invest and when they are periods of insecurity and with the uncertainty being experienced people are looking at diamonds as investments and the newly introduced gold IRA.
While precious metals have been used for many years by people there is another threat and that is taxes. The IRA lets a person put their money or in this case gold into the account, as the value of the asset increases the government will naturally want the taxes due off of this. However the IRA defers the taxes until the individual reaches retirement age and by that time they won’t be in a high enough tax bracket to pay anything.
In order to enjoy this a person needs to find a professional retirement planner to help them with their planning. Since there are many different planners out there a person will need to investigate these professionals to ensure they are a good choice. The first question to ask these firms is how many years they have been working in this field and whether they have testimonials from clients they’ve worked with.
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