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Angelica Leicht
Senior Editor, Managing Your Money
Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing roles at The Simple Dollar, Interest, HousingWire and other financial publications.
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March 5, 2026 / 5:04 PM EST / CBS News
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Before you move a single dollar, it's worth slowing down and getting the full picture of what a gold IRA really is. Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images
Gold has spent the better part of the past couple of years rewriting what investors thought they knew about precious metals.β¦