IRS-approved gold, meaning gold that is high enough ... and you don’t have to worry about storing or insuring physical gold. Gold ETFs also don’t provide you with access to physical gold.

Any imbalance again gets handled by creation or redemption with approved authorized participants. This type of activity illustrates how gold ETFs add liquidity to the overall gold market ecosystem.

the Internal Revenue Service requires that precious metals held in a self-directed IRA be stored in an approved depository, managed by a qualified trustee or custodian. Incorporating gold ETFs ...

The inflow into physically backed gold exchange-traded funds in April was the largest since March, 2022, with China-listed funds leading the move due to the country's trade war with the U.S., data ...