Fed Rate Decision - What's everyone else thinking for their gold?

• •Okay, so this whole Fed rate decision has me in a bit of a tizzy, honestly.
• •Got about $75k rolled over, mostly into some physical gold and a little silver.
• •My initial thought was that higher rates would generally be bad for gold, right?

Okay, so this whole Fed rate decision has me in a bit of a tizzy, honestly. I'm relatively new to the Gold IRA game – just opened mine a few months ago after finally having some spare cash from my landscaping business here in Denver. Got about $75k rolled over, mostly into some physical gold and a little silver. I jumped in partly because of all the inflation talk, and honestly, the stability just felt right for my retirement savings after years of just having everything in stocks.

My initial thought was that higher rates would generally be bad for gold, right? Like, if bonds are paying more, why hold something that doesn't yield anything? But then I hear arguments about how higher rates could also signal economic weakness down the line, or perhaps that the Fed is fighting inflation that's already getting out of hand, which could be good for precious metals. It's just a bit confusing to sort through all the different takes when you’re not a seasoned economist, you know?

I’m trying to plan out the next 10-15 years for my portfolio, hoping to really build up a solid retirement cushion. I've been messing around with this tool I found online, the Retirement Planner at GoldIRAblueprint.com, to see different scenarios. It's actually been pretty helpful for visualizing what my gold might do under various growth rates. But with the Fed being such a wild card, it's hard to plug in those numbers with any confidence.

So, for those of you who've been in this game longer, how are you interpreting this latest Fed move for your gold holdings? Are you sticking to your guns, or are you considering any adjustments based on their decision? Feeling a bit like a deer in headlights trying to make sense of it all.