I think gold and silver are rigged markets, like diamonds.
I old and I know a lot of retired people. Some of them have safes with some gold and silver in them. But I don’t know anyone who retired off investing in either.
A friend who was a music star said he made “really good money” in music, but made his big money in real estate, which is how I retired early.
My former room mate was an architect.
He accidently learned about real estate by selling off a portion of his property.
He made more money in real estate than he ever did as a designer