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Research note · Disclosure & research standards

The small print, up front.

What these pages can tell you—and what they cannot.

No paid referral links are active in this research section. Referral enrollment and program approval have not been verified. There are no affiliate IDs, lead forms, sponsored placements or provider sign-up links here. This statement covers these pages, not the entire history of the domain.

Educational, not advisory.

Goldrush provides general questions and research frameworks. Nothing here recommends buying metals, moving retirement funds, choosing a custodian or selecting a dealer. It is not financial, tax or legal advice and does not account for your personal circumstances.

Precious metals can lose value and do not pay interest or dividends. Purchase premiums, resale spreads, custody charges and taxes can affect outcomes. Physical ownership introduces authenticity, theft, insurance and liquidity concerns. Retirement-account transactions introduce additional eligibility, custody and tax questions.

Consult appropriately qualified independent professionals before making decisions. No return, preservation of capital or resale price is promised.

Referral and advertiser disclosure.

Goldrush may consider referral or advertising relationships in the future, but the restored research section has none activated. Old references to potential programs are not evidence of acceptance, an approved referral URL or current commercial terms.

Before any paid link is introduced, we would need verified enrollment, approved link destinations and a clear disclosure before that link or comparison. Compensation, if introduced, must not be presented as evidence of quality.

Editorial independence.

No company pays for placement in these pages. There are no rankings, scores, testimonials or “best provider” badges. A missing answer is not a favorable finding, and lack of verification is not an allegation against a business.

Evidence before a verdict.

  1. Use primary records. Capture an official source URL, timestamp and archived evidence for every published fee, premium, minimum or other numerical claim.
  2. Keep assumptions visible. Record the product, quantity, payment method, delivery terms and spot reference. Compare equivalent quotes rather than unlike offers.
  3. Check the counterparty. Recheck the legal entity, regulator records, complaint patterns and policy documents before featuring a company. Do not republish stale allegations.
  4. Separate unknowns. “Unverified” means not established by this research. “Not published” requires evidence that a current source was checked; it must not be used as a guess.
  5. Review before ranking. Publish a methodology and obtain appropriate professional factual review before money-page recommendations. Retain older evidence rather than replacing its timestamp.

Status of this restoration.

These pages are research notes and are marked noindex. They restore evergreen questions from earlier Goldrush fee, rollover and dealer-review material. They do not claim current provider verification or professional sign-off. Historic rankings, rates, fee figures, program payouts and unsupported allegations have deliberately not been carried forward.

Official IRS links in the IRA guide are research starting points, not individualized advice or endorsements. No commercial provider directory is published while fresh vetting remains incomplete.

Privacy by omission.

The quote worksheet calculates in your browser. Entries are not uploaded or automatically saved. Optional device storage requires your explicit consent and a Save or Import action; saved comparisons remain in this browser and are not synced. Downloaded CSV and JSON backup files are unencrypted copies on your device; deleting saved comparisons does not delete those files. A selected JSON backup is validated locally before import. Do not include account numbers, payment details or other secrets. This section has no analytics, cookies or tracking pixels. Its font and stylesheet are served locally. Your hosting service may keep ordinary access logs; following an external source link subjects you to that website’s own privacy practices.

Edition & evidence status

Editorial edition: . This dates the page update, not a fresh verification of external sources. These educational notes have not received professional factual sign-off; no current provider prices, policies or referrals are verified.

Use the two-quote worksheet → Keep the written source and capture date with every input. Blank fees remain unknown.