Silver strategy for the coming storm – input welcome

• •Been seeing a lot of posts lately about folks just starting their precious metals journey, and it got me thinking about my own.
• •My first foray into silver was a while back, probably 2008-2009ish.
• •I bought a bunch of Eagles and Maples when things got wonky, mostly as an insurance policy.

Been seeing a lot of posts lately about folks just starting their precious metals journey, and it got me thinking about my own. Mostly I'm in gold, like probably 70/30 or 80/20 gold to silver, but my silver stack has definitely been growing over the last 18 months, and I've got a pretty specific strategy with it.

My first foray into silver was a while back, probably 2008-2009ish. I bought a bunch of Eagles and Maples when things got wonky, mostly as an insurance policy. Held onto those through the boom and bust, and frankly, I didn't stress about the price swings too much. It was just another asset in the portfolio, a small hedge against the real estate market or whatever the Feds were cooking up then. Fast forward to now, with the inflation numbers we're seeing and the geopolitical landscape looking like a bad game of Jenga, the urgency feels a lot higher. I've been actively adding to the pile, looking for those dips, especially in the last year and a half. My goal for my silver is to hit at least 5% of my overall liquid net worth, which is a pretty significant number when you're working with a multi-million-dollar portfolio. So far, I’m about 3.5% there. I’m thinking 5k more ounces by end of next year. That's my target, anyway.

I'm not doing anything fancy. Primarily sticking to 1 oz rounds and smaller bars (10 oz, 100 oz). The Eagles and Maples are nice, but I'm looking for maximum silver content for the dollar, so generic rounds often win out. Premiums are still a bit high for my liking, but with current events, I'm okay with paying a bit more to get what I need. I see silver as the "poor man's gold" in a crisis – easier to transact in smaller denominations if things truly hit the fan, and it's got industrial demand that gold doesn't always have to the same degree. Also, with the way things are going, I anticipate a major squeeze, and getting in now feels prudent. This isn’t a quick buck play for me, it's about wealth preservation and being prepared.

My wife thinks I'm a bit of a doomsday prepper sometimes, stashing away all this metal in the safe in Aspen. But with the real estate market getting a little frothy again and the global economy feeling like it's on thin ice, I'd rather be over-prepared. Plus, it's tangible wealth, something you can hold. You can't say that for many of today's "investments." Anyone else here ramping up their silver stack significantly in the last year or two? What are you focusing on in terms of types of silver? And where do you see the silver-gold ratio heading in the near term?