Investors can invest in gold (GC=F) in two ways: buying physical metal or holding it inside a retirement account, known as a gold IRA. Understanding how these options differ in liquidity, tax treatment, and storage helps investors decide which approach fits their goals. Gold IRA vs. physical gold Investors today typically gain exposure to gold in two ways: holding gold inside a gold IRA or buying physical gold directly from a dealer. The difference isn’t the metal itself. It’s how the investment works. A ...

The critics are cheering from the sidelines. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) isn't holding up to its perception as a store of value and hedge against macro and geopolitical uncertainty. As of March 5, it trades 44% off its peak from last October. Financial markets are complex, so it's not always easy to find a clear explanation for any asset's price action. While I believe the superior cryptocurrency has immense long-term upside, it's facing three big trillion-dollar competitive risks right now. Will AI create the ...

Core Insights - Bitcoin currently has a market cap of approximately $1.4 trillion, significantly lower than gold's market cap of about $36 trillion, indicating a substantial gap between the two assets [1] - The rise of Bitcoin from a non-existent asset to a mainstream investment raises questions about its potential to match or exceed gold's value in the future [2] Market Dynamics - For Bitcoin to reach gold's current market cap, its price would need to increase over 27 times from around $68,000 to nearly $1.9 million per coin, a target that, while high, is not deemed impossible [3] - Approximately 95% of the total 21 million Bitcoins have already been mined, with an estimated 3 million to 4 million coins permanently lost, contributing to its scarcity [4][5] Institutional Interest - A new wave of buyers, including spot Bitcoin ETFs, corporate treasuries, governments, and digital asset treasury companies, have been increasing their Bitcoin holdings, with ETFs now holding 7% of Bitcoin's supply, governments 2.5%, and public companies 5.1% [6] - The competition among institutional buyers for Bitcoin could lead to a prolonged period of price appreciation, with the earliest potential for Bitcoin to reach $1.9 million per coin being in early 2035, contingent on continued adoption and scarcity [7]

It’s a golden era for gold. The price of gold is up 74% over the past year and 201% over five years. Gold has been outperforming stocks. Is it time to add some gold to your retirement account? On top of its spectacular recent performance, gold can function as an effective “hedge” in an investment account, advisers say. The reason: The gold market and stock market often move in different directions. “It’s a diversifier,” said Stephen Kates, a financial analyst at Bankrate. Gold “tends to have lower cor ...

Buying $500 worth of crypto doesn't need to be too complicated, nor does it need to feel like you're buying a lottery ticket with slim odds of a payoff. If you're thinking about holding an investment for decades, one smart move is to buy the asset that has the fewest ways to get knocked off track if the world changes a lot. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fits that bill. Here's why it's the best option for a long-term oriented investment of $500, especially if you've never bought any crypto before. Will AI create t ...

We have to acknowledge that gold has way outperformed Bitcoin. Bitcoin has gotten caught up in this risk off in a certain sense dynamic where you know you're getting wholesale drops in sectors. No, sell now ask questions later.It's certainly happened in the SAS space. It's happened in the wealth management space. has happened in the trucking broker space.This like you know algorithmic selling in the market definitely has hurt Bitcoin because many people are not looking to it as a a store of value the way th ...

The hardest part about your Bitcoin journey isn't learning how it works. It's unlearning everything that you were taught about how the world functions. Jeff Booth is back on Bitcoin for millennials and we discuss the prisoners dilemma of modern money. Why we've never actually lived in a free market and how the current debt-based money system forces everyone, even the winners, into a game of voluntary serum. Jeff reveals why the systems attempts to control money are mathematically doomed and why the truth of ...

All market-based monies go through this evolution. This is how gold became money. The longest part of this process is always the establishment of an economic good as becoming a store of value.Like when gold was becoming money, that took thousands of years, right. Maybe tens of thousands of years. ...

What is money. It starts out as a collectible and eventually evolves to becoming a store of value, a widely held store of value. And then it becomes suitable as a medium of exchange and eventually it becomes a unit of account which means that it's the thing that you price other things in terms. ...

Group 1 - Harvard disclosed a reduction of 1.46 million shares in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), decreasing its position to approximately $265 million [2] - Simultaneously, Harvard opened a new position of 3,873,044 shares in BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust, valued at roughly $86.8 million [2] - The total combined spot crypto ETF exposure for Harvard at the end of the quarter exceeded $352 million [2] Group 2 - Harvard initially disclosed a $116 million position in IBIT in August 2025, which tripled to around $350 million by November before the recent reduction [3] - The move to sell Bitcoin and invest in Ethereum suggests a strategic shift, with analysts indicating that ETH may be undervalued compared to BTC [4] - The decision reflects a broader trend where Ethereum is increasingly recognized as a significant asset alongside Bitcoin, with BlackRock showing more interest in ETH [5][7] Group 3 - Major institutions are now monitoring the BTC/ETH ratio to inform their portfolio decisions, indicating confidence in the longevity and potential growth of both assets [7] - Bitcoin is viewed primarily as a store of value, while Ethereum is considered a productive asset with multiple return drivers, including its role in smart contracts and infrastructure [8]