Personally, I think Shakespeare had it wrong when he penned this advice in Hamlet: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." Perhaps he may be forgiven for his error, however, since Shakespeare suffered from a lack of the tremendous benefits of a truly self-directed IRA.



Money in self-directed IRAs can be loaned out to any person who is not a "disqualified person." While this... More about: Either a Lender or Borrower Be