It's not true that the government sized privately owned gold in that manner [1]. Additionally, when the government made the private ownership of gold illegal, t

It's not true that the government sized privately owned gold in that manner [1]. Additionally, when the government made the private ownership of gold illegal, they bought back gold from people at $20.67/troy oz, which is about what the price was at the time [2]. I think your concerns about the security of retirement accounts is unfounded. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#Hoax_of_safe_deposit_box_seizures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#Hoax_of_s... [2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Gold-nominal-constant-usd.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Gold-nom...