Why I decided to add silver to my Gold IRA - and why you might consider it too

• •Okay, so I've been a pretty big advocate for Gold IRAs for a while now, especially with the inflation fears and general market jitters.
• •My initial allocation a couple of years back was pretty much 100% gold, mostly American Gold Eagles and Canadian Maples, which felt incredibly solid.
• •I put in about $150k then, and it's done pretty well.

Okay, so I've been a pretty big advocate for Gold IRAs for a while now, especially with the inflation fears and general market jitters. As an accountant here in Atlanta, I've seen firsthand how crucial tax-advantaged growth is, and a Gold IRA just makes so much sense for a portion of a diversified portfolio.

My initial allocation a couple of years back was pretty much 100% gold, mostly American Gold Eagles and Canadian Maples, which felt incredibly solid. I put in about $150k then, and it's done pretty well. But lately, I've been doing a deeper dive into the gold/silver ratio and industrial demand for silver. It really got me thinking about the potential for silver to play catch-up. Plus, frankly, the entry point for larger quantities of physical silver felt more accessible than adding another big chunk of gold at current prices.

So, after a lot of back and forth, I decided to allocate another ~25k into my self-directed IRA, but this time, it was almost entirely silver. I went with some American Silver Eagles and Sunshine Minting rounds. My thinking was twofold: 1) it diversifies within my precious metals holdings, offering a different risk/reward profile than gold, and 2) if the gold/silver ratio ever corrects significantly, there's a serious upside. I definitely got a bit emotional about it, feeling like I was missing out on a potentially undervalued asset.

Is anyone else here doing a similar thing? I'm curious to hear other people's strategies for balancing gold and silver within their IRAs, especially from folks who've been in this game longer than my few years. Did you go for a 70/30 split, 80/20, or something else entirely? What made you decide on that ratio?