There are many approaches to stack precious metals and there are many reasons for it.
Some stack because they like it others to buy bread and houses in case society goes full Mad Max.
Others as a hedge against inflation.
When I started buying my first metals around 18 months ago I had no idea what I am actually doing.
I mean how hard can this be?
You type in a number how many of those shiny coins you want, pay the man and wait for the package to arrive.
Since then I learned a bit through my mistakes.
One of those was not having a goal or plan where I want to get with my stackin efforts and they are still kind of vague but I think I am getting there.
I realized stacking silver requires a lot of space rather quickly.
While you learn about the gold silver ratio and how overvalued gold or undervalued silver is, it is sometimes hard to buy gold if you think about the upside potential silver has.
But I think my endgame for the precious metals game is having gold. I dont want to be left without silver but the majority of my stack I want to have in gold.
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I think BTC is changing this quote quite a bit but to feel saver I enjoy something I can touch.
And if we would go full Mad Max ( which I dont believe ) it is easier to carry gold but if it is yours probably many things are not to heavy to carry.