According to the GAO, there are over 485,000 IRAs,
worth approximately $ 49.7 billion, invested in unconventional
assets, such as energy investments, equipment leasing, foreign - based
assets, farming interests, precious metals, private equity, promissory notes (both secured and unsecured), real estate, and tax liens, as well as
virtual currency.
In addition to being one of the most comprehensive and useful retirement calculators — really more like a
virtual financial advisor — the tool can instantly tell you how your retirement income, expenses,
assets, debt and net
worth compare to other people in your own zip code.
In his article «The legal status of
virtual goods» in the May 31 edition of the Lawyers Weekly, Jonathan Mesiano - Crookston described several examples of the creation of
virtual assets — some
worth millions — by online gaming participants.