so you just told your retirement guy to move all your stocks/bonds to reserves for now?
You can move retirement accounts into physical metals with no hit from the guvmint. I worked with GoldCo. I can go and visit my coins or take them home with me if I like. Just can’t spend them. There is a fee for storage.
I retired in 2007. Have been moving out of the brokerage account and into PR's business and Alaska real estate for a while. Because I don't want to be stuck holding too many paper assets when this all comes crashing down, I have barely a year's pre-retirement income still invested and will be cutting that in half real soon.
We have a unique, situation. We do not own a house. We live on our boat. It's difficult to explain briefly. We have more flexibility and less need for cash than most people can imagine.