Fed rate decision and my Gold IRA - feeling pretty good about it

• •Watching the Fed today, I gotta say, I'm feeling a pretty strong sense of vindication with my Gold IRA.
• •Been building this thing up for about seven years now, steadily adding to it, especially when things felt a bit frothy in the market.
• •I'm a manufacturing exec here in Cleveland, and I've always valued tangible assets.

Watching the Fed today, I gotta say, I'm feeling a pretty strong sense of vindication with my Gold IRA. Been building this thing up for about seven years now, steadily adding to it, especially when things felt a bit frothy in the market. I'm a manufacturing exec here in Cleveland, and I've always valued tangible assets. Call it old school, but a piece of paper just doesn't feel as secure as a physical bar of gold.

My portfolio's sitting around the $400k mark right now, and a decent chunk of that is in my Gold IRA. Seeing the Fed hike rates again, with all the talk about inflation and economic uncertainty, just reinforces why I made that decision. I remember a few years ago, some buddies at the golf club were giving me grief about "dead money" in gold. But when you see bonds yielding virtually nothing and inflation eating away at every dollar, gold starts looking a whole lot less "dead," doesn't it?

I'm not saying I'm a doomsayer, but having that gold really helps me sleep at night when the market feels volatile. It's that hedge, that stability that I'm after. It’s not about getting rich overnight, it’s about preserving the wealth I’ve worked pretty damn hard for.

Anyone else feeling particularly good about their hard asset allocation with today's news? Or am I just preaching to the choir in this sub? Curious to hear what others are thinking.