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Old 06-12-2025, 09:11 AM
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As I understand it, gold ETF’s like IAU also incur the 28% capital gains hit on profit taken on sale. News articles out there about many retirees buying gold ETF’s without realizing this.
I suspect that most retirees money is in non-taxable accounts. The capital gains would not apply there.