<p> Only certain metals are allowed to be used in IRA accounts. Devlyn Steele is the supervisor of education for Augusta Treasured Metals. If you are going to be pacing the flooring all evening because your portfolio is down 15%, you must only consider an funding method that severely limits this risk. As I said, my own method is to reserve my IRA for U.S. First Nighter: Blitzstein's 1937