Anyone else sweating industrial silver demand for their IRA?

• •I've been watching the silver market pretty closely since I rolled a chunk of my old 401k into a Gold & Silver IRA a few months back.
• •But lately, I'm starting to wonder if I fully grasped the implications of that second part.
• •For gold, it feels like its value is primarily driven by its safe-haven status and central bank buying, which feels a bit more stable in some ways.

I've been watching the silver market pretty closely since I rolled a chunk of my old 401k into a Gold & Silver IRA a few months back. I put about $20k into silver, mostly because everyone was hyping it as "poor man's gold" and I liked the idea of its dual nature – both a monetary metal AND industrial. But lately, I'm starting to wonder if I fully grasped the implications of that second part.

I own a small business here in Denver, and between the supply chain weirdness and global economic jitters, I've seen firsthand how quickly industrial demand can shift. For gold, it feels like its value is primarily driven by its safe-haven status and central bank buying, which feels a bit more stable in some ways. But for silver, with all the talk about solar panels, EVs, and electronics, it just feels... more volatile. Like if there's a big dip in manufacturing, my silver holdings could take a bigger hit than my gold. I diversified with about $50k in gold, so it's not my entire portfolio at risk, but still, $20k is real money for me.

Are any of you more experienced folks factoring industrial demand heavily into your silver IRA strategy? Or is it more of a background noise thing for you? I’ve been trying to educate myself more and found some useful stuff on the Learning Center, especially their articles on market drivers, but I'm curious about real-world investor sentiment. Should I be more concerned about this industrial tug-of-war for silver than I initially thought? Or is the long-term outlook for industrial demand so strong that these short-term fluctuations are just noise?