Silver vs. Gold in MY Gold IRA - What's your take?

• •Been thinking a lot about my precious metals allocation lately.
• •As many of you know, I’m heavily metals-weighted in my portfolio, especially since retiring from the Street a few years back.
• •The past decade in New York showed me enough market volatility to make a man want something tangible.

Been thinking a lot about my precious metals allocation lately. As many of you know, I’m heavily metals-weighted in my portfolio, especially since retiring from the Street a few years back. The past decade in New York showed me enough market volatility to make a man want something tangible. My Gold IRA is sitting pretty for the most part, but I'm trying to optimize for the next 5-10 years. Currently, it’s probably an 80/20 split, gold to silver. My total portfolio, between the IRA and some other long-term holdings, is probably in the low seven figures, and a significant chunk of that is physical metals.

Here’s my conundrum: I love silver’s upside potential – its industrial applications and lower entry point always made it feel like it had more room to run in a certain kind of market. Gold, for me, is the ultimate wealth preservation play. It’s what I fall back on when everything else goes sideways. I've always thought of silver as the younger, more volatile sibling, whereas gold is the steady patriarch. However, with all the economic uncertainty brewing globally, I’m questioning if I should be increasing my silver exposure. Is that chasing a trend, or is it a smart diversification play given my existing gold heavy allocation?

I was just fiddling around with that Gold vs Stocks Comparison tool and it really puts into perspective how gold has performed against the broader market over the last decade. It shows a pretty compelling story for gold's stability. But when I look at silver, even though it's more volatile, its percentage gains can be wild sometimes. Part of me thinks this is the perfect time to be aggressively buying silver given its relative undervaluation compared to gold’s historically high multiples.

So, for those of you with similar allocations or who have been in the metals game for a while, what’s your current thinking on the gold-to-silver ratio within your precious metals holdings? Are you sticking to a traditional skew, or are you aggressively leaning into silver right now? My gut says to move more towards 70/30, maybe even 65/35. Thoughts?