 | A self-directed individual retirement account is an individual retirement account, provided by some financial institutions in the United States, which allows alternative investments for retirement savings. Some examples of these alternative investments are real estate, private mortgages, private company stock, oil and gas limited partnerships, precious metals, horses, and intellectual property. The complexity of the rules for self-directed IRA’s prompted the SEC to issue a public notice in 2011 against an increased risk of fraud. |
