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Lear Capital
Lear Capital has been around for over 20 years and is the place to go when you are thinking about investing in precious metals. They have many great articles about investing and are known for their outstanding customer service. They guarantee a smooth transaction and offer a no-fee buyback program as well. In 2018 they won the “Best Service” award. They will take their time and the customer service is well trained and understands the company that they work for. Investing is a very complex thing and it is nice to have someone to reach out to when you have a question and get an honest but informative answer. Check out Market Business News to learn more.
American Harford Gold Group
American Harford Gold Group is another great leader in the industry. They offer great customer service as well but make it a little difficult to actually buy into their IRAs. You will need to fill out some paperwork, which will allow you to become a self-directed IRA member. They offer sound retirement planning and are very knowledgeable of the procedures you need to follow to move your IRA to them.
Patriot Gold Group
Patriot is another great group that you can safely and reliably purchase gold and gold IRA’s from. They have a strong reputation in the community and can get your account set up in just a day’s time. They have been around since 1990 and is very knowledgeable. Being in business this long, they have found ways to improve their systems and better their customer service. They offer investor direct pricing and specialize in precious metals IRAs. They do not add a percentage to the precious metal purchases but will have a one time set up fee of $225. The yearly storage fees are $150-180/year and of course, there are other small fees as well. They do wave some of these fees if you have a rather large investment as well as offer free for life to those that have $250,000. And, they are top-rated with consumer affairs.
Orion Metal Exchange
Orion metal exchange offers direct pricing and very low costs to manage your Gold IRA. They pride themselves on giving you more metal for your money. Some fun facts about Orion Metal Exchange are that they offer free 3-year storage on metals at no cost. Their website offers website pricing on things as well as offers real-time gold prices as well. They have friendly customer service but you cannot purchase things online. There are no setup or transfer fees.
Birch Gold Group
Birch gold group has an A+ with the BBB. They do have a min. of $5K-$10K investment standard. Out of all of these, their website was probably the most informative. Located in California and founded in 2003 this is another company that have been around for a while. Some of the finance managers of Birch Gold Group are on the Forbes Finance Council. Their website isn’t as informative as some of the others, so the fees are unknown. But, there are no fees for the first year.