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what are the advantages/disadvantages of a self-directed ira?
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this type of account will sell you just enough rope to hang yourself.  gold is at $1400 or so. were you around when it first hit $800 in '79/'80? i was. no one was saying "sell" only forecasts of $2000. if you bought and held, you've still not broken even to inflation let alone simple market returns.
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