Wife just convinced me to roll over more into my Gold IRA. Anyone else have recent spousal "interventions"?

• •Thought I'd share a quick one this morning.
• •My wife has been on my case for the past few weeks, gently (and not so gently) nudging me to increase my physical gold holdings for retirement.
• •She knows I'm a commodities guy from way back in the steel mills – I get the value, believe me.

Thought I'd share a quick one this morning. My wife has been on my case for the past few weeks, gently (and not so gently) nudging me to increase my physical gold holdings for retirement. She knows I'm a commodities guy from way back in the steel mills – I get the value, believe me. But I had a good chunk, probably around $150k already in my Gold IRA from a few years ago, and thought that was plenty diversified against my other investments. She kept pointing to the inflation numbers, the uncertainty with the upcoming elections, and frankly, some of the chatter we hear from our friends about their own portfolios.

Last night, she pulled up some charts on her iPad comparing gold's performance to the S&P 500 during specific periods of high inflation from the 70s and early 80s. She even downloaded some analyst reports she found that highlighted how institutions are starting to increase their gold allocations. I gotta admit, seeing it all laid out like that, plus her passion about it – it finally clicked. I mean, I know this stuff theoretically, but sometimes you need that external push, especially when it's someone you trust intimately.

So, I'm now looking at rolling over another $50k or so from an old 401k that's just sitting there underperforming. It means I'll have a solid 20-25% of my retirement portfolio in physical gold, stored securely. Feels good to have even more of that tangible asset, especially with all the digital noise these days. My wife's probably feeling pretty smug right now, and honestly, she deserves to. Happy wife, happy life, right?

Anyone else have a significant other recently convince them to make a move with their retirement investments, especially into something like a Gold IRA or other precious metals? What was their "killer argument"? Always interested to hear other folks' experiences, especially from Alabama or other historically industrial areas where people tend to understand hard assets.