My LCS guy told me "you aren't ready for gold yet". This went on for years! One day I went in & told him "My stack is so heavy! It would take several trip to move it". He just smiled and told me "Son, now you are ready for gold." I miss my LCS guy.
@@YankeeStacking he was a great guy. I heard a health issue forced him to close up shop. I really miss him. I hope the story was a cover and he's in the Bahamas drinking rum drinks and playing with his gold.
Yankee! I'm 63 and I just started collecting silver eagles two months ago. I was so surprised at what I missed over the years. I should have been buying gold in 1973 when gold was 40 dollars an ounce! But that boat sailed a long time ago. So now I'm buying 3 to 5 silver eagles a month. Social security doesn't pay much, so that's about all that I can afford now!
Ron - It’s never to late my Friend!! A little at a time adds up quick!! I started buying 1/10th ounce gold eagles during the dips - one every 4/6 weeks when I could afford it. You’ll be up to an ounce before you know it!! Keep Stackin Buddy!!
Fantastic Ron! WTG. And I’m not nitpicking here, gold in any amount is great, but the premiums on 1/10 ozt can be quite large compared to a 1/4 ozt. You might want to consider saving a bit longer to get the larger denom. Just a suggestion. 👌🏼
Love your videos. New to this and have watched tons of videos. I’m obsessed with the gold to silver ratio - one of your items on there. While I just started, the idea of doing this for 20 to 30 years to ‘get metal’ makes a lot of sense by using the ratios. I know you’re a prepper stacker. But what if someone just holds on to silver? If you bought 1000 ounces at $10 an ounce of silver in 1970 and held it until today, you’d have 1000 ounces at $16.65 per ounce or $16000. Not a really good return over 50 years. However, if you played the ratios at the extremes from 1970 until now, you’d have about $800,000 in silver. Right now, silver is at 87:1 and it’s due to head back down to 40:1 sometime soon. If you take your gold and get some monster boxes of silver, when the ratio goes back down in a few years, you will double your gold. When t goes back up to 80:1, get more monster boxes of silver. From what I’ve been studying - it makes sense at the top end of the ratio to buy silver like crazy. On the low end, buy gold like crazy. 60:1? Buy even amounts. Between 60:1 and 70:1? Maybe 3/4th silver and 1/4th gold. Between 50:1 and 60:1? 3/4 gold and 1/4th silver. 70:1 and up? All silver. 50:1 and below? All gold. Find where you flip. 80:1? 45:1? Take a look a the charts how they go up and down. I also have an excel with a ‘what if’ scenario. I could see silver hit 25-30 in the next 1-2 years with the pending recession. Just like on the other side of the dotcom boom, gold tanked. Could you imagine 25 silver and 1250 gold? There’s your 50:1. 30 silver and 1200 gold? There’s your 40:1. What about 30 silver and 600 gold for a 20:1? That might be extreme, but that was early 70s. Point is - what is the perfect ratio for me? Buy heavy on extremes and proportion it out when you get to the middle ratios. If you like my comment - leave my name out. No one needs the press in this racket :) PS - as a prepper stacker, what ratio do you have to ASE versus junk? 1) premiums on ASE are insane. Yeah, you might get some of that back - but maybe not? 2) what if silver hits $50 per ounce? I was watching a video where apparently back in the day when that happened, refineries were backed up and they weren’t taking junk. Backed up for 11 weeks and you then lose out on the price apex. My thoughts are 75% ASE and 25% junk - up to a goal for junk (the prepper side in me!). I also have heard that if you go to sell ASEs in made quantities it’s exempt from a tax form whereas bars and junk you’d have to report it. Do tax laws affect how you stack? Also - if you are in a pinch prep situation, I like that you can take a tube of the gold eagles with you. But those make it awfully hard to buy a meal. Love the idea of tons of Rosies for that purpose to go along with the tube of gold eagles. In that situation, it also doesn’t make much sense dragging 4 monster boxes around with you so that whole ratio thing might not be a prepper’s cup of tea
WOOOOOOOOOW!! Nathan, I honestly don’t know where to start. And in the interest of time (and fairness to all the other comments that I have) I think I’m going to just answer it by saying as a prepper Stacker my focus is on what I believe is going to occur in the next few years that will be completely unprecedented. All the “buy low sell high”, silver to gold ratio, etc. will not matter much when we are struggling to simply survive, and after the initial few months of a food and water panic, barter gives way to a new currency-silver and gold. I also do not view my precious metal Stacking as an investment. I use property and private mortgage lending for my main investment vehicles. Check out my Stacking the Yankee way, and Prepping the Yankee way playlists for more details and THANK YOU so much for watching and commenting. 😃👌🏼
@Nathan Fisher Good point. Silver did go upto $70 an ounce in 2011. This is a 600 percent rise in 40 years. That is close to 15% a year. Not too bad. But then, I am sorry for folks who bought silver at $70, and wonder what they are doing now. In any case it is not going to zero value like cash can after 40 years. Even now, I would stick to what I can afford. Silver will be very useful when the currency collapses or if you can exchange some for gold.
Yankee, stacking ratios are a fun exercise but for me right now, I have stacking goals. TH-camr "belangp" started a "100 oz Club". He said it's an exclusive club and all you have to do to join is stack 100 ounces of gold. This is not easy and can take a long time, so it's quite an accomplishment to be proud of when you get there. If gold was the only money in the world, based on the size of the world population and the number of ounces of gold worldwide, 100 ounces puts you well within the wealthiest top 1% of the world. I'm not there. But this led me to another goal. 100 ounces of gold is 1 futures contract. What is a futures contract of silver? It's 5,000 ounces of silver. I'm not there either. So those are my goals: 1 futures contract equivalent of physical gold (100 ounces) and 1 futures contract equivalent of physical silver (5,000 ounces). No particular reason, just a goal I want to shoot for. You can simultaneously get to that goal by stacking 50 ounces of silver to every 1 ounce of gold, if stacking a futures contract in physical metal is your target. Plus it gives you a 50:1 stacking ratio. Maybe the first milestone might be to first stack 1% of each futures contract in physical metal. Then shoot for 10%. Then 50%. And eventually over time maybe you can get to 100% and have a futures contract of each in physical metal and then you've also joined the 100 oz Club.
Sounds interesting!! Not sure if I’ll ever get into that club, but I understand what you’re talking about. As the contracts, I understand the draw of that as well! However, as a prepper Stacker I do not want any significant amount of my currency in ETFs or other Gold and silver contracts. I did a video on it earlier, but suffice it to say that I want to hold my gold and silver as tangible, and tradable, assets when an SHTF situation occurs. Thanks for watching and for your informative comment! 👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking Yes, Yankee. Physical metals only. No ETFs for me either. The futures contract goal in physical metals (not in paper) is just a quantity goal. Let us all know when you join the 100 oz Club! (and better yet, how you got there)
I just gotta say, I just started buying silver, literally last week i bought my first 10 oz sunshine bar. It is really easy listening to you talk about stacking. I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge and opinions. It seems like alot of cool people stack. Should be a fun journey.
Great video and wonderful advice to stack by. I personally stack to preserve my wealth and also the possibility of collapse. I think precious metals are a great way to save money and stay out of debt. When you are stacking it helps you understand do I really need that phone, fancy shoes, new car? I stack pretty much the same way you do. Thanks Yankees!
Congratulations. That stuff almost ruined my life. Now anytime I get the urge to snort that devils dandruff, I buy silver or gold instead 👍 keep it up, you can do it! (Lol)
My Stacking Ratio is pretty much on par with yours... I like to buy a 1/10 ounce of Gold for every 50 ounces of Silver... My goal is to have about 2 ounces of Gold for every 1,000 ounces of Silver... Good video by the way! Keep stacking!
You know you might be able to afford A couple of extra American Silver Eagles with the saving in premiums if you went with a quarter ounce instead. Run the numbers. 😉👌🏼
I'm still new to stacking and also stacking on a budget. Gold is wonderful, however, just expensive. I love silver and the many ways to diversify. Great vid and informative! 👍👊👌
@@YankeeStacking Im almost done with my first stack of Mercury dimes. I like to buy a little bit of a few things. I also have my little cousin help me go shopping and I pay him with silver. He likes it, I like it. It's a win win lol
@Moritz Sandritter I can't get into stocks and things like that because I can't show assets given my current situation. Lucky for me my landlord is a financial advisor and she is gonna talk to me about options
@Moritz Sandritter I'm definitely gonna try to do what I can with silver and gold as well as put money to the side just in case. Thank u for the information 👍👊
I like your plan. Depending on what each is worth and what your budget is, it's a good way to dip into both metals. My plan is not on ratio, but what their price is at the time. Right now, I believe silver is still at a stackable price and I can continue to stack my silver. Gold is a little expensive and I haven't gotten any since the big spike for both metals this past year. If it ever went below $1350, I might divert from silver and get into gold. This has been my plan based upon the high/low prices that I have seen both metals at and what I have seen myself since my time as a stacker.
Interesting approach. And I think it has a lot of merit unless some Black Swan event occurs and gold NEVER gets down to 1350. And I think that event is coming soon. Thanks for watching in for the comment! 👌🏼
Yeah, but that was before I paused my silver stacking for gold due to the craziness with silver premiums. BUT I'LL BE BACK! (Hopefully in the Fall). TFW!
Well spoken Yankee! I have purchased both gold and silver, I don't know about the rest of you guys here, but it's WAAY more exciting opening a tube of ASEs or maples, compared to a 1/4 oz gold piece... The silver tubes compared to 1/4 oz gold are basically the same $$$ price. My "non financial" advice is to definitely diversify in both metals. Don't be like me and get on the gold buying rush after it goes up to the moon.... because you were to solely focused on silver. For example for every $100 dollars you spend on silver ... Spend $50 on gold.
I bin doing around 60 once’s of silver to 1 once of gold but this year I’m all in on gold .I believe you should buy what makes you happy and can afford so keep stacking.
Gold = savings, Silver = checking. My current ratio is 56% gold and 44% silver, but it's definitely fluctuated. When I first started, I spent a bunch of savings on gold then later bought silver. Then just random cool stuff that I like depending on how much money I have. Though I've been buying more silver lately just because gold is much more expensive now. I think another factor to consider is how much money someone has. If someone can't afford a full ounce of gold, then I think low premium 90% silver or ASE's would be the better deal for someone just starting out.
this is my kind of info....only stacking for about 9 months....enjoying the stuffings out of the silver but i can feel the itch for gold. i just doubt that the ratio will get to the point that i buy gold with silver but i can see that 1/4:100 is a starting place to begin 'balancing' my stack. thanks for the info. may be time to start scratching!!!!!
Yeah, I hear you. I don’t think we will see a silver to gold ratio drop below 60 to 1. But that is just my opinion, and could be completely wrong if we go back on the gold standard. Thanks so much for watching. I really appreciate it! 👌🏼
Yankee based on your initial position in Gold and the current GSR I feel pretty good about your strategy. Keep loading the boat on liquid silver. As for me who is only sitting at 3.5 ounces of Gold I am more 50/50. A tube of 20 SAEs is roughly the same price in FIAT as a quarter ounce gold sovereign coin. Once I surpass 10 oz of yellow fire I will shift more toward Silver but have to build that base! Thanks for sharing, Yankee!
Here's my simple rule.......is the GSR above its 40 yr avg? Buy silver. Below? Buy gold. 40 yr avg keeps moving up about an ounce an ounce a yr, now at 65. 40 years takes into account a lot of market cycles. I'm keeping it simple and looking forward to the day i can add more gold. I currently have about 1,100 ounces of silver and just 2 oz of gold, 8 oz of platinum which is even farther from its 40 year GPR.
Just started stacking about a month ago. Hope to have a full monster box one day, but the wife doesn’t get this “silver stuff”. 2 suggestions/ requests for future videos. 1. How to get a spouse on board with stacking. 2. A video to share with those not into stacking on what to get stackers for Christmas/ birthdays and where to get said items.
Go to a lcs and buy some cheap foreign paper money. Give it to her and tell her to purchase something with the funny money and then explain how fiat is just worthless paper. Afterwards, put a 10 oz silver bar in one of her hands and $100 in the other and ask "which one do you feel more empowered by?" Lastly, take your wife on a vacation overseas and bring 1 gram of gold to make a purchase while you are there. The reaction of the vendor will likely leave a lasting impression in your wife's mind. Good luck!
Those are great suggestions, bro! That first one I have been thinking about for quite a while. Mrs. Yankee doesn’t quite get what I’m doing, but she supports me. I think partially it’s because she’s not wired to think longer-term and about the possibility of an economic collapse. But she does an amazing job balancing our budget and handling our day-to-day expenses without debt. I need her and she needs me! 😂👌🏼
I started stacking this year and I have right around 250 ounces of silver and the only gold I have is a 1/2 gram round that I got in an Investor Crate. I do plan on buying a 1 ounce Gold Buffalo very soon though, as long as I can convince myself that even though the ratio is as high as it is I should still buy gold long enough to actually buy one.
I just buy according to what my math skills are that day - which is pretty bad lol. And it's always fun to hold my coins alone in the dark and say - " My Precious !! ". 👍 Great video 100/1 nice cover spread... If we go past that... Can only imagine.
Yankee! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. I appreciate it so much I watch your ads 😂 Great video to get us thinking about our own strategy. Mine is very similar to yours. Hope you are well my friend 🤗
Just watching this about 2 years after posting. Surprisingly, I've been using this approximate ratio. Although my focus was on silver bullion, I have gone with the 1/10 and 1/4 gold Britannia coins - liking the look and were comparatively inexpensive. I was simply going by the approximate bullion value ration of 100:1 silver/gold. I do plan on picking up some of the credit card 1g gold cards, for more "prepping" type needs.
I like my total stack to be 100 to 1. I enjoy thinking of it as a PM mutual fund. The silver gives me potential for a big increase, but that comes with risk so the gold being more stable offsets the risk.
Well said as usual, Jason. Love the ratio. Wish I could do that too! And on a sidenote, I have been re-listening over and over and over again to several of your ASMR videos at night. Thank you so much for helping me fall asleep. BUT I WANT THE SILVER ASMR VID, BRO! 😂👌🏼
ASMR People AWESOME! Seriously, I have been waiting for it! I’d also enjoy another trip or traveling video. A drive, a train ride, plane ride, any kind a ride. I love those especially! Really get into the ambient sounds. 👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking over Thanksgivings I did a little train traveling as I was visiting some family unfortunately my trains were completely booked so I was unable to setup my tripod.
Have about 1 oz gold for every 50 - 60 oz silver. Also in summer bought some mining stocks, they outperformed metal and I think its good to own some. Regards from Lithuania:)
Thanks Yankee! Great video. Looks like we are the same age and have been stacking silver for about the same time. You got a big jump on me with the cannon 😂😂😂 Looks like I’ve got a couple of ounces of gold to catch up on. On the bright side I’ll save some premiums over buying 1/4 ounce at a time. Thanks again!
That’s cool, my friend. Thanks again for the inspiration behind your comment. Really appreciated it. And I am glad that I could help in some small way. 😊👌🏼
I'm also prepper stacking in anticipation of the currency reset. Somewhere around 100 to 1. When the ratio drops to below the historical average I'll trade some silver in for gold. Currently I'm buying 2 oz silver & a gram of gold every paycheck.
Been stacking ASE's and constitutional for the past year, but decided to splurge on some 3D MK Barz. Waiting on your favorites to magically be thrown to the wolves on ebay is a pipe dream. Everyone forgets about the eagles they didn't win, but nobody forgets about the ultra rare pour auctions that got away!
I agree Yankee , Awesome video thank you for taking your time off to make a great video My ratios all Messed up .. When gold's down I buy gold when Silverstone I buy silver when they go up I don't buy sometimes I do that's why it's all Good in the hood I Steady stack though...
I buy as budget allows. Will unveil next year's goals soon! Currently I'm at 349:1 by weight and ~ 4:1 by Dollar spot value in my stack (not figuring any premium) Silver:Gold. Hope to tighten this as I progress. This year I have stacked 235:1 in Oz's. As I said, I'm opportunistic but ultimately budget dictates.
Older than Yankee, just been buying as a small hedge position. Been doing 20 ounces of silver, and 1/10 ounce of gold at each purchase. Could see doing 100 ounce of silver and 1/2 ounce of gold a year.
Hi, I try to stack silver and gold in a 100 oz. silver to 1 oz. gold...but...I AM A RISK TAKER (and heart breaker...my own heart) SO I MIX IT UP WITH CRYPTOS, (I have 1 whole bitcoin and am getting into XRP now . I old and reckless!
Your ratio is 400 to 1 . Mine is 100 to 1 . But I don’t have a Yankee Cannon in my arsenal so I’m a little heavier on Gold 💙 💰💰💰 also due to storage space concerns with silver.
Not sure if anyone else does this, but I focus on the ratio of gold and silver less in terms of weight than in terms of equivalent cash amount. I agree with Yankee in that I stack to store value and weather through monetary apocalypse, but now that cash money is still there, and we all know that in stacking precious metal we are swapping cash money in exchange for value-preserving metals, cash money is still a good yardstick. I reserve a certain amount of my monthly income for stacking, and within that amount I set a ratio for gold vs silver purchase (say, 7:3, meaning for every $100 I set $70 for gold and $30 for silver). That way I guarantee that I get several troy oz of silver and maybe a fractional gold bar/coin for every month. Occasionally I get out of my ratio a bit (say from 7:3 to 8:2 if I really like a deal on a gold coin, or to 5:5 if I have to go to a local coin show to buy cheap silver bullion) and I did save up my ratio for the past few months to snatch a 1 oz gold bar (man the Royal Canadian Mint gold bar is gorgeous). But doing this in cash amount is just way easier and retains much larger level of flexibility.
WELL DONE!! And wonderfully explained. Almost like “dollar cost averaging ratio stacking”. 😆 Seriously, if you don’t have a precious metals TH-cam channel, you should seriously think about starting one! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking And I didn't even expect it could be called that LOL. Perhaps I will start my channel after I've reached a certain amount of stacking LOL
That ratio actually makes good sense. That keeps some silver around just in case it hits 50 to 1 With going back to school, my ratio has been 0 to 0. 😖
That’s a great stacking ratio! I think 50/50 based on spot price is best to hold. That way your covered either way. Not sure what mine is to spot price right now, but I have around 1oz of gold to 100 oz of silver. I wasn’t even trying, it just happened😃. So, looks like ya got it figured out, Yankee. Also, wish you had said that guy silverbalz name a few more times. Hahahahaha
Thanks Yankee as always great video!👌I have no $$$ so i think I'll buy silver and play the ratio while also at the same time saving my wealth. i wish i had the kind of money to buy big amounts of Silver 😂🤘
I did a video on it, bullion bully. There are some really good reasons to buy gold. However, I stack both gold and silver because I think they both can do very very well in the future. 👌🏼
Thanks for sharing your stacking journey. Love your perspectives and wisdom. 🥁 🇺🇸 stack on brotha. I play ratio 50:50 based on the value so I play the ratio 85:1 currently by stacking. Weight. It allows me to objectively “ buy low sell high”. But I think after a while going heavy gold makes more sense logistically 😉
Sorry if I confused you. I have stacked over 200 ozt of silver this year. And bought two 1/4 ozt Canadian gold maple leafs. 100oz silver to 1/4 ozt gold. 😊👌🏼
silver is better suited to the average joe(provided u buy close to spot), the ratio is insane and gold is definitely not cheap right now. I think people should consider platinum too it is cheap right now.
Thanks for your comment! Yes silver is my priority right now (not high premium stuff). However, I plan on doing a video soon on how Gold is CHEAP now. 😉👌🏼
New sub! I don’t own any gold yet but I have 200 oz. Junk/constitutional silver and 138 oz American Silver eagles, I don’t own any silver rounds yet, I really love Junk Silver I doubt I will be buying gold anytime soon, I only buy silver when I have spare cash. What are your thoughts on buying Silver rounds if you were in my situation? (I only spend $200-$300 per month on silver and I am trying to get my eagle stack to 200 oz as well, I still buy Constitutional silver when I can find a bargain but I will be happy when I hit my 500 oz. Goal
Thegreatesttruthnevertold just posted a video talking about buying $77,000 in silver and wants to try driving the price up... spread the word if you wanna join lol. It's not a pump and dump it's just a pump 🤣 I don't have no 77k but I'm probably gonna try and do 3-$400.
@@YankeeStacking me too with this nice pull back. He's planning on doing it on March 20th I think he said. I bought my sister the breast cancer awareness coin from 2018 today along with a few goodies for myself lol
1/10 oz Gold to one tube silver....=1/2 oz gold to 100 oz Silver....Was considering following the "current ratio" for gold to Silver....what ever it is at time of purchase.
I tried to stay within 10% gold to Silver ratio. I feel it keeps my stack pretty even and that I distribute my silver at 33% between bullion sovereign a constitutional. I feel like gives me the best opportunity to find any kind of buyers.😊👍
For beginners, I would suggest buying gold if you can afford it. Often, for the smaller denomination gold coins (1/10 oz or 1/4 oz) there is a premium, but if you look around you can often pick up small denominations where there is almost no premium. If you can't afford gold, I would suggest buying silver bullion coins. Try and get ones in the best condition you can and avoid buying collectors' coins or special coins or proof coins, they are hard to sell on at a profit and unless you really know what you are doing you will most likely lose money. Always try to buy from reputable dealers. Spend a lot of time doing research and looking around at various sites online to find the best rates. Look up gold and silver prices and gold to silver ratios. Here is a good site in the UK www.chards.co.uk/silver-price/silver-spot-price Be aware that for coins you always pay above the spot price.
I do 60ozt silver to .25 ozt gold. I get these neat little 60-coin holder boxes off amazon ( airtight cases included) and when I fill the box up I buy some gold. A lot of people say not to worry about keeping silver (for weight) in air tight containers but I just really like them. I see you keep most of your silver in tubes, what are your thoughts on air tight containers?
Thank you for your comment! I absolutely LOVE air-tites. I use them quite a lot with my (few) higher premium silver and with my 24 karat gold maples. The former so I may avoid some tarnishing and the latter because 24 karat gold is soft and can damage easily. Other than that, I find it a waste of money for large amounts of bullion silver and gold. But they do look good in them! 😉👌🏼
I guess it might make more sense with Silver in the states, eventho the combined premiums are higher than gold. Now in my Country Sweden, silver doesn't make sense. Not only is there the higher premiums and higher spread. But there is also a 25% sales tax. Buying Silver you'll lose 25%, and where you'll lose it is if you sell to a dealer. Or through a legit service to a private person(like Ebay or similar). This is also true in many other countries. Gold however has a lower premium and spread.. and doesn't get taxed. Now I do own waay too much silver for my own good, but I did get it through a loophole in a certain eu nation. Hrhrhm.. Not anymore tho since the dealer is closed down during these last 5 years of investigation from the government. The gold fractionals used to have an insane premium attached, and in most cases they still have. But there's coming out more and better competing alternatives in the fractional gold market. 1.6g Maples for example is currently at a very acceptable price point. And I think we'll see some low premium 1g bars in the coming years.
I'm surprised to see, actually, that you and I are stacking about the same ratio. I figured you be heavier gold... The price on silver right know is just too good to pass up!
Hey Yankee I am new to your channel. This topic caught my eye right away. Right now I am at a half oz of gold to 100 oz of silver. I really didn’t have a strategy but that’s where I’m at right now and it seems to be a pretty good mix for me so moving forward that will be my strategy. Just out of curiosity do you have a strategy as to what percentage of your total assets is dedicated to precious metal?
Stackers seem to forget about Platinum, the Platinum to Gold and Platinum to Silver Historical ratios tell me its Platinum time right now. I recently traded half my gold for Platinum. Also with the price of Rhodium hitting 10k I think Platinum is about the skyrocket
@@Seahawks42011 Agreed!! We're all in much better shape then those who don't stack. But what type of stacker you are either passively or actively instructs what, when, and how one stacks.
@@YankeeStacking I hear you, i also stack silver, I have already accumulated enough 90% that if something bad does happen i will be set, at this point I am focused on ROI and for me i think Platinum is the safest bet, Even if you buy it to hold for a few years and trade it off for silver or gold once the ratios get back to normal. Considering Platinum is 30 times rarer than gold and has tons of industrial demand there is no way gold should be 1.5 times platinum and there is no sense to why that is.
Seahawks42011 Hope you NAIL it. Sure wish I kept my Palladium proof from 2018!!! 🤦♂️ I use most of my investment $$$ for real estate and private mortgage lending. I rarely “invest” with PMs but if you’re skilled and know what you’re doing there’s certainly money to be made! 👌🏼
Im 21 and just started stacking I have 40 silver eagles and that’s it lol. How much do you guys have and when did you start? Any strategies I aware of? Thank you community!
Lamarr Avery my problem is I have no idea if I’m getting ripped off or not. I paid $740 for my 40 silver eagles, I’m supposed to go buy around 15 sets of silver mints sets 1960p set, 1960d set, 2 1961p sets, 1962p, 1963p, 1964p, 1965-67 special mint sets, 68 and 69 proof sets, 1969s set, 1969d set, and 1976 proof set. Also 1940-49 year sets. All for $350 together it sounds like a good deal but idk lol
Is your ratio that low because you already have the cannon as the base of your stack? Would your purchasing ratio still be 400:1 if you were starting at zero? Thanks Yankee.
That is a really good point I should’ve clarified in the video. If I was starting from scratch and I didn’t have the initial investment monies at my disposal to buy the canon I would indeed stack of the ratio I described. Thanks! 😊👌🏼
My LCS guy told me "you aren't ready for gold yet". This went on for years! One day I went in & told him "My stack is so heavy! It would take several trip to move it". He just smiled and told me "Son, now you are ready for gold."
I miss my LCS guy.
That's a great story
That really IS a great story‼️👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking he was a great guy. I heard a health issue forced him to close up shop. I really miss him. I hope the story was a cover and he's in the Bahamas drinking rum drinks and playing with his gold.
I like that story too
Yankee! I'm 63 and I just started collecting silver eagles two months ago. I was so surprised at what I missed over the years. I should have been buying gold in 1973 when gold was 40 dollars an ounce! But that boat sailed a long time ago. So now I'm buying 3 to 5 silver eagles a month. Social security doesn't pay much, so that's about all that I can afford now!
Ron - It’s never to late my Friend!! A little at a time adds up quick!! I started buying 1/10th ounce gold eagles during the dips - one every 4/6 weeks when I could afford it. You’ll be up to an ounce before you know it!! Keep Stackin Buddy!!
Fantastic Ron! WTG. And I’m not nitpicking here, gold in any amount is great, but the premiums on 1/10 ozt can be quite large compared to a 1/4 ozt. You might want to consider saving a bit longer to get the larger denom. Just a suggestion. 👌🏼
Love your videos. New to this and have watched tons of videos. I’m obsessed with the gold to silver ratio - one of your items on there. While I just started, the idea of doing this for 20 to 30 years to ‘get metal’ makes a lot of sense by using the ratios. I know you’re a prepper stacker. But what if someone just holds on to silver?
If you bought 1000 ounces at $10 an ounce of silver in 1970 and held it until today, you’d have 1000 ounces at $16.65 per ounce or $16000. Not a really good return over 50 years.
However, if you played the ratios at the extremes from 1970 until now, you’d have about $800,000 in silver.
Right now, silver is at 87:1 and it’s due to head back down to 40:1 sometime soon. If you take your gold and get some monster boxes of silver, when the ratio goes back down in a few years, you will double your gold. When t goes back up to 80:1, get more monster boxes of silver.
From what I’ve been studying - it makes sense at the top end of the ratio to buy silver like crazy. On the low end, buy gold like crazy. 60:1? Buy even amounts. Between 60:1 and 70:1? Maybe 3/4th silver and 1/4th gold. Between 50:1 and 60:1? 3/4 gold and 1/4th silver. 70:1 and up? All silver. 50:1 and below? All gold.
Find where you flip. 80:1? 45:1?
Take a look a the charts how they go up and down. I also have an excel with a ‘what if’ scenario. I could see silver hit 25-30 in the next 1-2 years with the pending recession. Just like on the other side of the dotcom boom, gold tanked. Could you imagine 25 silver and 1250 gold? There’s your 50:1. 30 silver and 1200 gold? There’s your 40:1. What about 30 silver and 600 gold for a 20:1? That might be extreme, but that was early 70s.
Point is - what is the perfect ratio for me? Buy heavy on extremes and proportion it out when you get to the middle ratios.
If you like my comment - leave my name out. No one needs the press in this racket :)
PS - as a prepper stacker, what ratio do you have to ASE versus junk?
1) premiums on ASE are insane. Yeah, you might get some of that back - but maybe not?
2) what if silver hits $50 per ounce? I was watching a video where apparently back in the day when that happened, refineries were backed up and they weren’t taking junk. Backed up for 11 weeks and you then lose out on the price apex.
My thoughts are 75% ASE and 25% junk - up to a goal for junk (the prepper side in me!). I also have heard that if you go to sell ASEs in made quantities it’s exempt from a tax form whereas bars and junk you’d have to report it. Do tax laws affect how you stack?
Also - if you are in a pinch prep situation, I like that you can take a tube of the gold eagles with you. But those make it awfully hard to buy a meal. Love the idea of tons of Rosies for that purpose to go along with the tube of gold eagles. In that situation, it also doesn’t make much sense dragging 4 monster boxes around with you so that whole ratio thing might not be a prepper’s cup of tea
WOOOOOOOOOW!! Nathan, I honestly don’t know where to start. And in the interest of time (and fairness to all the other comments that I have) I think I’m going to just answer it by saying as a prepper Stacker my focus is on what I believe is going to occur in the next few years that will be completely unprecedented. All the “buy low sell high”, silver to gold ratio, etc. will not matter much when we are struggling to simply survive, and after the initial few months of a food and water panic, barter gives way to a new currency-silver and gold.
I also do not view my precious metal Stacking as an investment. I use property and private mortgage lending for my main investment vehicles.
Check out my Stacking the Yankee way, and Prepping the Yankee way playlists for more details and THANK YOU so much for watching and commenting. 😃👌🏼
@Nathan Fisher Good point. Silver did go upto $70 an ounce in 2011. This is a 600 percent rise in 40 years. That is close to 15% a year. Not too bad. But then, I am sorry for folks who bought silver at $70, and wonder what they are doing now. In any case it is not going to zero value like cash can after 40 years. Even now, I would stick to what I can afford. Silver will be very useful when the currency collapses or if you can exchange some for gold.
Yankee, stacking ratios are a fun exercise but for me right now, I have stacking goals. TH-camr "belangp" started a "100 oz Club". He said it's an exclusive club and all you have to do to join is stack 100 ounces of gold. This is not easy and can take a long time, so it's quite an accomplishment to be proud of when you get there. If gold was the only money in the world, based on the size of the world population and the number of ounces of gold worldwide, 100 ounces puts you well within the wealthiest top 1% of the world. I'm not there.
But this led me to another goal. 100 ounces of gold is 1 futures contract. What is a futures contract of silver? It's 5,000 ounces of silver. I'm not there either.
So those are my goals: 1 futures contract equivalent of physical gold (100 ounces) and 1 futures contract equivalent of physical silver (5,000 ounces). No particular reason, just a goal I want to shoot for.
You can simultaneously get to that goal by stacking 50 ounces of silver to every 1 ounce of gold, if stacking a futures contract in physical metal is your target. Plus it gives you a 50:1 stacking ratio.
Maybe the first milestone might be to first stack 1% of each futures contract in physical metal. Then shoot for 10%. Then 50%. And eventually over time maybe you can get to 100% and have a futures contract of each in physical metal and then you've also joined the 100 oz Club.
Sounds interesting!! Not sure if I’ll ever get into that club, but I understand what you’re talking about.
As the contracts, I understand the draw of that as well! However, as a prepper Stacker I do not want any significant amount of my currency in ETFs or other Gold and silver contracts. I did a video on it earlier, but suffice it to say that I want to hold my gold and silver as tangible, and tradable, assets when an SHTF situation occurs. Thanks for watching and for your informative comment! 👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking Yes, Yankee. Physical metals only. No ETFs for me either.
The futures contract goal in physical metals (not in paper) is just a quantity goal.
Let us all know when you join the 100 oz Club!
(and better yet, how you got there)
Scott Keen Will do! 👌🏼
I just gotta say, I just started buying silver, literally last week i bought my first 10 oz sunshine bar. It is really easy listening to you talk about stacking. I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge and opinions. It seems like alot of cool people stack. Should be a fun journey.
Welcome to Stacking and the best TH-cam community, Tyler! Great to have you along and I look forward to hearing more about your journey! 😃👌🏼
Great video and wonderful advice to stack by. I personally stack to preserve my wealth and also the possibility of collapse. I think precious metals are a great way to save money and stay out of debt. When you are stacking it helps you understand do I really need that phone, fancy shoes, new car? I stack pretty much the same way you do. Thanks Yankees!
“Forced Savings”. Another tremendous benefit to Stacking. Thanks for watching, my friend! 👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking man I can't help it, I'm a fan.
20:1 silver to gold for me, and the ratio is narrowing. Fell out of love with white stuff.
Congratulations. That stuff almost ruined my life. Now anytime I get the urge to snort that devils dandruff, I buy silver or gold instead 👍 keep it up, you can do it! (Lol)
My Stacking Ratio is pretty much on par with yours...
I like to buy a 1/10 ounce of Gold for every 50 ounces of Silver...
My goal is to have about 2 ounces of Gold for every 1,000 ounces of Silver...
Good video by the way! Keep stacking!
You know you might be able to afford A couple of extra American Silver Eagles with the saving in premiums if you went with a quarter ounce instead. Run the numbers. 😉👌🏼
Never thought of it that way...
Thanks! Will definitely look into it...
always stack what you can afford... as far as ratio goes I say let the GSR be your guide 😏🔥🐉
You are the consummate ratio playa! 😎👌🏼
If you can afford gold"ALWAYS"buy gold
If you can only afford silver "ALWAYS" buy silver
Interesting rule of thumb! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Words of truth!♥️
I liked the GSR video.
So I hit the red arrow and rang bell for more.
Merry Christmas. 🎅
And I REALLY appreciate that, Bob Bob!! Merry Christmas to you and yours! 👌
Newbie to stacking. 1 oz. gold & 35 oz. silver. Also slowly acquiring prepping supplies. Great videos. 🤟
Thank you so much, just watching. That is an awesome start to a great stack! 😃👌🏼
Newbie also... Doing pretty much the same as you. 1 Kg Silver coin to every 1 oz Gold coin... Addictive hobby ;)
The Skupp it sure is!!!! 😂👌🏼
I'm still new to stacking and also stacking on a budget. Gold is wonderful, however, just expensive. I love silver and the many ways to diversify. Great vid and informative! 👍👊👌
Great advice, Moritz Sandritter! 👌🏼
Mark, you’re doing great with Silver! Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. 😉👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking Im almost done with my first stack of Mercury dimes. I like to buy a little bit of a few things. I also have my little cousin help me go shopping and I pay him with silver. He likes it, I like it. It's a win win lol
@Moritz Sandritter I can't get into stocks and things like that because I can't show assets given my current situation. Lucky for me my landlord is a financial advisor and she is gonna talk to me about options
@Moritz Sandritter I'm definitely gonna try to do what I can with silver and gold as well as put money to the side just in case. Thank u for the information 👍👊
I like your plan. Depending on what each is worth and what your budget is, it's a good way to dip into both metals. My plan is not on ratio, but what their price is at the time. Right now, I believe silver is still at a stackable price and I can continue to stack my silver. Gold is a little expensive and I haven't gotten any since the big spike for both metals this past year. If it ever went below $1350, I might divert from silver and get into gold. This has been my plan based upon the high/low prices that I have seen both metals at and what I have seen myself since my time as a stacker.
Interesting approach. And I think it has a lot of merit unless some Black Swan event occurs and gold NEVER gets down to 1350.
And I think that event is coming soon. Thanks for watching in for the comment! 👌🏼
wow you would have been up with buying more gold looking back at this
I like that silver to gold ratio you have
Yeah, but that was before I paused my silver stacking for gold due to the craziness with silver premiums. BUT I'LL BE BACK! (Hopefully in the Fall). TFW!
Well spoken Yankee!
I have purchased both gold and silver, I don't know about the rest of you guys here, but it's WAAY more exciting opening a tube of ASEs or maples, compared to a 1/4 oz gold piece... The silver tubes compared to 1/4 oz gold are basically the same $$$ price.
My "non financial" advice is to definitely diversify in both metals.
Don't be like me and get on the gold buying rush after it goes up to the moon.... because you were to solely focused on silver.
For example for every $100 dollars you spend on silver ... Spend $50 on gold.
Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment. Great advice there too!!
So i’m curious. when did you buy most of your gold? 🤔👌🏼
Yankee Stacking PMd ya on your Instagram, with a picture....
Wish you tube had that option
Ostap Canada saw that! And yes I wish YT had that option as well.
I use to stack 1/4 gold eagle for every 20 oz silver eagles... Thanks to your help Yankee I now stack 1/4 gold to every 100 oz... 👍👍👍
NOOOOOO!! I’m not your financial advisor!! 😂😂😂😂
Serious, I’m humbled. Keep Stacking, my friend! 👌🏼
I bin doing around 60 once’s of silver to 1 once of gold but this year I’m all in on gold .I believe you should buy what makes you happy and can afford so keep stacking.
Thank you for your comment, double stack! And that’s a great ratio!! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Great advice as always , I’m not at 100 ounces of silver yet but I’ll try it when I get there.
Keep on going, my friend! You’ll get there, and the journey is also valuable in and of itself! 👊🏻😊👌🏼
Gold = savings, Silver = checking. My current ratio is 56% gold and 44% silver, but it's definitely fluctuated. When I first started, I spent a bunch of savings on gold then later bought silver. Then just random cool stuff that I like depending on how much money I have. Though I've been buying more silver lately just because gold is much more expensive now. I think another factor to consider is how much money someone has. If someone can't afford a full ounce of gold, then I think low premium 90% silver or ASE's would be the better deal for someone just starting out.
Vincent Victory, nice ratio there!! And that “gold = savings, silver = checking“ quote. I never heard that before, but I absolutely love it‼️😍👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking Yea, man! Especially in a SHTF scenario, you're not going to spend your gold coins right away, you're gonna use your silver first!
I agree with your example!
I don't use a gold to Silver ratio I just buy whatever I like
And that is, in fact, a type of strategy. 😉👌🏼
Great video and info , thanks!!
this is my kind of info....only stacking for about 9 months....enjoying the stuffings out of the silver but i can feel the itch for gold. i just doubt that the ratio will get to the point that i buy gold with silver but i can see that 1/4:100 is a starting place to begin 'balancing' my stack. thanks for the info. may be time to start scratching!!!!!
Yeah, I hear you. I don’t think we will see a silver to gold ratio drop below 60 to 1. But that is just my opinion, and could be completely wrong if we go back on the gold standard. Thanks so much for watching. I really appreciate it! 👌🏼
Yankee based on your initial position in Gold and the current GSR I feel pretty good about your strategy. Keep loading the boat on liquid silver. As for me who is only sitting at 3.5 ounces of Gold I am more 50/50. A tube of 20 SAEs is roughly the same price in FIAT as a quarter ounce gold sovereign coin. Once I surpass 10 oz of yellow fire I will shift more toward Silver but have to build that base! Thanks for sharing, Yankee!
Yes! So cool that you’re building your base with “yellow fire“. Love it!! 😍👌🏼
Here's my simple rule.......is the GSR above its 40 yr avg? Buy silver. Below? Buy gold. 40 yr avg keeps moving up about an ounce an ounce a yr, now at 65. 40 years takes into account a lot of market cycles. I'm keeping it simple and looking forward to the day i can add more gold. I currently have about 1,100 ounces of silver and just 2 oz of gold, 8 oz of platinum which is even farther from its 40 year GPR.
You sound like you have a great ratio plan! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Just started stacking about a month ago. Hope to have a full monster box one day, but the wife doesn’t get this “silver stuff”. 2 suggestions/ requests for future videos.
1. How to get a spouse on board with stacking.
2. A video to share with those not into stacking on what to get stackers for Christmas/ birthdays and where to get said items.
Go to a lcs and buy some cheap foreign paper money. Give it to her and tell her to purchase something with the funny money and then explain how fiat is just worthless paper.
Afterwards, put a 10 oz silver bar in one of her hands and $100 in the other and ask "which one do you feel more empowered by?"
Lastly, take your wife on a vacation overseas and bring 1 gram of gold to make a purchase while you are there. The reaction of the vendor will likely leave a lasting impression in your wife's mind.
Good luck!
Dustin Kymalainen thanks for the great suggestion
Love that last idea, Dustin!! 😂👌🏼
Those are great suggestions, bro! That first one I have been thinking about for quite a while. Mrs. Yankee doesn’t quite get what I’m doing, but she supports me. I think partially it’s because she’s not wired to think longer-term and about the possibility of an economic collapse. But she does an amazing job balancing our budget and handling our day-to-day expenses without debt. I need her and she needs me! 😂👌🏼
After the first 100 oz silver, I might think 100 silver to 1 oz gold. Or a 1/2 oz. 👌
That would be both aggressive and SWEET!!! 😂👌🏼
I started stacking this year and I have right around 250 ounces of silver and the only gold I have is a 1/2 gram round that I got in an Investor Crate. I do plan on buying a 1 ounce Gold Buffalo very soon though, as long as I can convince myself that even though the ratio is as high as it is I should still buy gold long enough to actually buy one.
250?? Fabulously stacked!! And you want a 1 ounce gold buffalo? THAT IS MY DREAM COIN‼️😍😍😍🤤👌🏼
Lots of information in this video. I love the ratio you have in this video. A+
Wow, Fred! 😃 A+. I guess it’s only downhill from here now! 😂👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking lol no no I doubt that. I enjoy most of your videos. Coast to coast is great also when I have time to watch those live streams.
I just buy according to what my math skills are that day - which is pretty bad lol.
And it's always fun to hold my coins alone in the dark and say - " My Precious !! ". 👍
Great video 100/1 nice cover spread... If we go past that... Can only imagine.
I fully expect a tightening of that ratio. 😄👌🏼
I was just thinking about I wish someone would do a recent video about the ratio. Nice. Thanks
Cool! Glad I could do it. 😊👌🏼
Very good advice for both the beginners and some stackers that are not, like me. Thank you Yankee.
Thank you for the compliment, Barbara. I would sincerely love to one day hear your experienced advice! 😊👌🏼
Yankee! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. I appreciate it so much I watch your ads 😂 Great video to get us thinking about our own strategy. Mine is very similar to yours. Hope you are well my friend 🤗
Seduced! Boy do I love seeing a comment from you. 😊
See seriously need to consider doing another trade. 😃👌🏼
Yankee Stacking, Absolutely! Your trade is still one of my favourite surprises 🤗 Let’s talk after Christmas haha
Seduced by Silver Yes! Let’s. 😉
Just watching this about 2 years after posting. Surprisingly, I've been using this approximate ratio. Although my focus was on silver bullion, I have gone with the 1/10 and 1/4 gold Britannia coins - liking the look and were comparatively inexpensive. I was simply going by the approximate bullion value ration of 100:1 silver/gold. I do plan on picking up some of the credit card 1g gold cards, for more "prepping" type needs.
Your right about the flipping......Flipped my 19s eagle for a 2008 gold buffalo!!!!
Aw that is SPECTACULAR‼️ 👏🏼😃
I like my total stack to be 100 to 1. I enjoy thinking of it as a PM mutual fund. The silver gives me potential for a big increase, but that comes with risk so the gold being more stable offsets the risk.
Well said as usual, Jason. Love the ratio. Wish I could do that too!
And on a sidenote, I have been re-listening over and over and over again to several of your ASMR videos at night. Thank you so much for helping me fall asleep. BUT I WANT THE SILVER ASMR VID, BRO! 😂👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking the plan is the record that video this weekend, potential upload next week.
ASMR People AWESOME! Seriously, I have been waiting for it! I’d also enjoy another trip or traveling video. A drive, a train ride, plane ride, any kind a ride. I love those especially! Really get into the ambient sounds. 👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking over Thanksgivings I did a little train traveling as I was visiting some family unfortunately my trains were completely booked so I was unable to setup my tripod.
Great video. Love looking at all that gold 😍
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Silverzilla! Thanks for watching. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Have about 1 oz gold for every 50 - 60 oz silver. Also in summer bought some mining stocks, they outperformed metal and I think its good to own some. Regards from Lithuania:)
Thank you so much for watching from Lithuania! And that’s a fantastic ratio! 😃👌🏼
Thanks Yankee! Great video. Looks like we are the same age and have been stacking silver for about the same time. You got a big jump on me with the cannon 😂😂😂
Looks like I’ve got a couple of ounces of gold to catch up on. On the bright side I’ll save some premiums over buying 1/4 ounce at a time. Thanks again!
That’s cool, my friend. Thanks again for the inspiration behind your comment. Really appreciated it. And I am glad that I could help in some small way. 😊👌🏼
I'm also prepper stacking in anticipation of the currency reset. Somewhere around 100 to 1. When the ratio drops to below the historical average I'll trade some silver in for gold. Currently I'm buying 2 oz silver & a gram of gold every paycheck.
Well done! Way to play the ratio. 👌
The GSR should be about 48-52. Since it is near 80, buy Silver and Platinum.
Been stacking ASE's and constitutional for the past year, but decided to splurge on some 3D MK Barz. Waiting on your favorites to magically be thrown to the wolves on ebay is a pipe dream. Everyone forgets about the eagles they didn't win, but nobody forgets about the ultra rare pour auctions that got away!
Thanks for that interesting comment! Yes, eBay can be full of disappointments! 😏👌🏼
I agree Yankee , Awesome video thank you for taking your time off to make a great video My ratios all Messed up .. When gold's down I buy gold when Silverstone I buy silver when they go up I don't buy sometimes I do that's why it's all Good in the hood I Steady stack though...
Stack on, Billy! 👊🏻
I buy as budget allows. Will unveil next year's goals soon! Currently I'm at 349:1 by weight and ~ 4:1 by Dollar spot value in my stack (not figuring any premium) Silver:Gold. Hope to tighten this as I progress. This year I have stacked 235:1 in Oz's. As I said, I'm opportunistic but ultimately budget dictates.
I can’t WAIT to hear the upcoming goals. And I’m not surprised in the least by your excellent strategy. 👊🏻😏👌🏼
Older than Yankee, just been buying as a small hedge position. Been doing 20 ounces of silver, and 1/10 ounce of gold at each purchase. Could see doing 100 ounce of silver and 1/2 ounce of gold a year.
Very nicely done, Dan. And I have to admit.....I LOVE that you're "older than Yankee!" 😂👌
Yankee Stacking You r Amazing u and a few others got me into the world of Stacking
I just want to say Thanks!
Wow. Appreciate the compliment!! You are more than welcome. Congratulations on being a stacker. You won’t be disappointed with that decision! 😁👌🏼
Hi, I try to stack silver and gold in a 100 oz. silver to 1 oz. gold...but...I AM A RISK TAKER (and heart breaker...my own heart) SO I MIX IT UP WITH CRYPTOS, (I have 1 whole bitcoin and am getting into XRP now .
I old and reckless!
Hahahaha. It’s supposed to be young and reckless, you nut!! 🤣🤣🤣👌🏼
I agreed with everything you said until XRP!
Great video!!
Your ratio is 400 to 1 . Mine is 100 to 1 . But I don’t have a Yankee Cannon in my arsenal so I’m a little heavier on Gold 💙 💰💰💰 also due to storage space concerns with silver.
Silver Damsel Mine is 200 : 1 for the same reasons.
Storage concerns. Totally get that!! And I like the ratio. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Nice Austrian Stacker! And Thanks for watching. 😊👌🏼
I have it in 50-50. I wanted to have 75% value in silver. However, being and Indian it is tough to change the mindset of other family members.
Durgesh Patel That great! And just to be clear, you don’t have to be Indian to have a problem trying to convince others to stack! 😂😂👌🏼
I like your ratio, 1/4 once is the sweet spot for me, and I am 67.
Bob, that is a great number! You should be proud of it.
And the 1/4 ozt number is good too! 😂🤣👌🏼
Dude what the heck, your so smart, you are a financial advisor! And a good one at that👍 that ratio sounds about right 👍
But not a professional one! 😂 seriously, thank you so much for the compliment and for watching my video. 😊👌🏼
I like your ratio, and your channel!
And I REALLY appreciate that, John! 😊👌🏼
New to stacking up to 50 oz slow and steady
Sliver I wished gold lol
Great start for sure Hobo
WTG! And yes...slow and steady, bro. 😄👌🏼
Lots of helpful info thanks for sharing Godbless.
Have you looked at British sovereigns? Lower premiums. I'm a ratio player as you call em not looking at gold till it becomes more in the 40:1 bracket
I have, but I really like the 24k gold closer to home. Thanks for watching! 👌
Not sure if anyone else does this, but I focus on the ratio of gold and silver less in terms of weight than in terms of equivalent cash amount. I agree with Yankee in that I stack to store value and weather through monetary apocalypse, but now that cash money is still there, and we all know that in stacking precious metal we are swapping cash money in exchange for value-preserving metals, cash money is still a good yardstick. I reserve a certain amount of my monthly income for stacking, and within that amount I set a ratio for gold vs silver purchase (say, 7:3, meaning for every $100 I set $70 for gold and $30 for silver). That way I guarantee that I get several troy oz of silver and maybe a fractional gold bar/coin for every month. Occasionally I get out of my ratio a bit (say from 7:3 to 8:2 if I really like a deal on a gold coin, or to 5:5 if I have to go to a local coin show to buy cheap silver bullion) and I did save up my ratio for the past few months to snatch a 1 oz gold bar (man the Royal Canadian Mint gold bar is gorgeous). But doing this in cash amount is just way easier and retains much larger level of flexibility.
WELL DONE!! And wonderfully explained. Almost like “dollar cost averaging ratio stacking”. 😆
Seriously, if you don’t have a precious metals TH-cam channel, you should seriously think about starting one! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking And I didn't even expect it could be called that LOL. Perhaps I will start my channel after I've reached a certain amount of stacking LOL
So gold and silver but I go with silver all the way
Agreed! Especially right now. 👌
That ratio actually makes good sense.
That keeps some silver around just in case it hits 50 to 1
With going back to school, my ratio has been 0 to 0. 😖
I bet you’re still doing 1000 times better than your peers! 😉👌🏼
Definitely, I need more silver....Now I am convinced!
Glad I could help Arbi! Thank you so much for watching. Really appreciate it! 👌🏼
That’s a great stacking ratio! I think 50/50 based on spot price is best to hold. That way your covered either way. Not sure what mine is to spot price right now, but I have around 1oz of gold to 100 oz of silver. I wasn’t even trying, it just happened😃. So, looks like ya got it figured out, Yankee. Also, wish you had said that guy silverbalz name a few more times. Hahahahaha
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How’s that? 😂👌🏼
I don’t know why TH-cam unsubscribed you, I saw you in the recommended videos and I’m like what’s going on? I smashed your red button Again.
I’m beginning to think you don’t like me 🐢!!! 😡
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Thanks Yankee as always great video!👌I have no $$$ so i think I'll buy silver and play the ratio while also at the same time saving my wealth. i wish i had the kind of money to buy big amounts of Silver 😂🤘
You’ll probably do great with that strategy, silver reaper! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
I'm switching from doing 100 oz silver with one ounce gold in 1/4 eagles (Thanks Yankee) but also $50 face value junk silver and $10 pre 33 gold.
Who has the cajones to do the post revolution ratio? 15oz silver to 1oz gold lol.
Constitutional Silver is a must buy in my opinion, too! And I’m starting to warm up to the idea of pre-33 gold as well! 👌🏼
Like #146! Hey Yankee! The ALL IN WAY BRO!!! 😂 Keep Pushin!
ALL IN, BRO!! 😂👌🏼
More gold ! I love both stack and collect my ratio %40 gold %60 silver ! Was 30 70 ! Silver premiums are up ! I buy gold !
Same here! It’s about the GOLD right now for me. ;)
I’ve always bought 50/50 gold/silver by dollar value. Physical to stash forever...if I want to play with it I swing trade the ETFs.
That’s a fantastic ratio! Way to stack! 👊🏻😄👌🏼
My coin shop guy asked me one day I was looking at gold why would you wanna buy gold right now when silver is so cheap and undervalued
I did a video on it, bullion bully. There are some really good reasons to buy gold. However, I stack both gold and silver because I think they both can do very very well in the future. 👌🏼
Thanks for sharing your stacking journey. Love your perspectives and wisdom. 🥁 🇺🇸 stack on brotha.
I play ratio 50:50 based on the value so I play the ratio 85:1 currently by stacking. Weight. It allows me to objectively “ buy low sell high”. But I think after a while going heavy gold makes more sense logistically 😉
50:50 is a VERY aggressive ratio! Impressive. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Yankee... I don't buy much physical silver, its spread % is very high in my country..... gold spread is lower around 2-4%.
And powerlinkers, you are smart to focus on gold! If I lived where you did I would do the same thing. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
You would think after making all these investment videos that you would have the experience of a financial advisor by now
Michael Inocente LOL. Yeah, he sounds knowledgeable all right. Good ole’ Mr. Wizard.
COME ON, you guys!! 😂😂😂😂👌🏼
Thanks for showing us how you do it, Yankee!
My pleasure and my privilege! 😊👌🏼
How old were you when you started stacking? Feel like I got to the party late at 42.
Most of us are in same age bracket starting
Started last year at 35
Started at 34
Started a month ago I’m 14
Started at 65. Have 2300 oz of silver and 12 oz of gold. Had to make up for lost time.
Yankee Stacking Way, 100oz for two quarter ounces? Is this correct but that ratio isn't even 1:100
Sorry if I confused you. I have stacked over 200 ozt of silver this year. And bought two 1/4 ozt Canadian gold maple leafs. 100oz silver to 1/4 ozt gold. 😊👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking Ah, of course I was reversed, lol.. Thanks for the info, nice to know.
I try 70% gold and 30% silver, but I still buy too much silver.
So incredibly tempting isn’t it Andre? 😂👌🏼
silver is better suited to the average joe(provided u buy close to spot), the ratio is insane and gold is definitely not cheap right now. I think people should consider platinum too it is cheap right now.
Thanks for your comment! Yes silver is my priority right now (not high premium stuff). However, I plan on doing a video soon on how Gold is CHEAP now. 😉👌🏼
New sub! I don’t own any gold yet but I have 200 oz. Junk/constitutional silver and 138 oz American Silver eagles, I don’t own any silver rounds yet, I really love Junk Silver I doubt I will be buying gold anytime soon, I only buy silver when I have spare cash. What are your thoughts on buying Silver rounds if you were in my situation? (I only spend $200-$300 per month on silver and I am trying to get my eagle stack to 200 oz as well, I still buy Constitutional silver when I can find a bargain but I will be happy when I hit my 500 oz. Goal
10 oz of silver and 1/10 oz gold per month is what I wanna try doin. 120 oz of silver a year and 1.2 oz of gold depending on price.
Not a bad ratio! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Thegreatesttruthnevertold just posted a video talking about buying $77,000 in silver and wants to try driving the price up... spread the word if you wanna join lol. It's not a pump and dump it's just a pump 🤣 I don't have no 77k but I'm probably gonna try and do 3-$400.
@@jayb-clay2724 Cool! I'm buying as fast and as hard as I can afford right now!
@@YankeeStacking me too with this nice pull back. He's planning on doing it on March 20th I think he said. I bought my sister the breast cancer awareness coin from 2018 today along with a few goodies for myself lol
1/10 oz Gold to one tube silver....=1/2 oz gold to 100 oz Silver....Was considering following the "current ratio" for gold to Silver....what ever it is at time of purchase.
Not a bad approach AP. 👌🏼
Not gonna even consider flipping until I hit my min of 5 oz gold and 500 oz silver.
New to stacking but would trade up when time comes!
Welcome to a great community, and thanks for watching!! 😊👌🏼
I tried to stay within 10% gold to Silver ratio. I feel it keeps my stack pretty even and that I distribute my silver at 33% between bullion sovereign a constitutional. I feel like gives me the best opportunity to find any kind of buyers.😊👍
Ehren, it sounds like you got your strategy down really well! NOICE!
I’m not sure that would work for me though since I never sell. 😬👌🏼
Been stacking nearly a year and have 120 ozt of silver will be buying 2 (1/10) of gold this next year and more silver around 80 ozt
FANTASTIC, Tim! That sounds like a great plan. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
For beginners, I would suggest buying gold if you can afford it. Often, for the smaller denomination gold coins (1/10 oz or 1/4 oz) there is a premium, but if you look around you can often pick up small denominations where there is almost no premium. If you can't afford gold, I would suggest buying silver bullion coins. Try and get ones in the best condition you can and avoid buying collectors' coins or special coins or proof coins, they are hard to sell on at a profit and unless you really know what you are doing you will most likely lose money. Always try to buy from reputable dealers. Spend a lot of time doing research and looking around at various sites online to find the best rates. Look up gold and silver prices and gold to silver ratios. Here is a good site in the UK www.chards.co.uk/silver-price/silver-spot-price Be aware that for coins you always pay above the spot price.
Excellent advice! Sounds a lot like “Stacking the Yankee Way“. 😜👌🏼
I do 60ozt silver to .25 ozt gold. I get these neat little 60-coin holder boxes off amazon ( airtight cases included) and when I fill the box up I buy some gold. A lot of people say not to worry about keeping silver (for weight) in air tight containers but I just really like them. I see you keep most of your silver in tubes, what are your thoughts on air tight containers?
Thank you for your comment! I absolutely LOVE air-tites. I use them quite a lot with my (few) higher premium silver and with my 24 karat gold maples. The former so I may avoid some tarnishing and the latter because 24 karat gold is soft and can damage easily.
Other than that, I find it a waste of money for large amounts of bullion silver and gold. But they do look good in them! 😉👌🏼
As I finished my first 100 oz of silver, I added a 1/10 oz gold maple to the order.
That is fantastic, Eric!! WTG. Thanks so much for watching my video. 👌🏼
I guess it might make more sense with Silver in the states, eventho the combined premiums are higher than gold.
Now in my Country Sweden, silver doesn't make sense. Not only is there the higher premiums and higher spread.
But there is also a 25% sales tax. Buying Silver you'll lose 25%, and where you'll lose it is if you sell to a dealer.
Or through a legit service to a private person(like Ebay or similar). This is also true in many other countries.
Gold however has a lower premium and spread.. and doesn't get taxed.
Now I do own waay too much silver for my own good, but I did get it through a loophole in a certain eu nation.
Hrhrhm.. Not anymore tho since the dealer is closed down during these last 5 years of investigation from the government.
The gold fractionals used to have an insane premium attached, and in most cases they still have.
But there's coming out more and better competing alternatives in the fractional gold market.
1.6g Maples for example is currently at a very acceptable price point. And I think we'll see some
low premium 1g bars in the coming years.
VERY GOOD POINT!! I should have included that fact. Gold should be much more of a focus in many European countries!! 😉👌🏼
I'm surprised to see, actually, that you and I are stacking about the same ratio. I figured you be heavier gold... The price on silver right know is just too good to pass up!
Cool! And you are so right SBC. Silver below $17? Oh yeah! 👊🏻😉👌🏼
Hey Yankee I am new to your channel. This topic caught my eye right away. Right now I am at a half oz of gold to 100 oz of silver. I really didn’t have a strategy but that’s where I’m at right now and it seems to be a pretty good mix for me so moving forward that will be my strategy. Just out of curiosity do you have a strategy as to what percentage of your total assets is dedicated to precious metal?
I do. My portfolio consists of 25% precious metals with a goal of 35%.
And thanks so much for watching my channel! Great to have you along. 😊👌🏼
All those gold eagles 🤤🤤🤤. My ratio has been mostly 100oz silver to 3/4-1oz gold so far. But lately I have been indulging in SD's poured silver 😁
100 to 1 is my ratio goal.
@The Backwoods Stacker, and how AWESOME is it to indulge in his wonderful poured silver. 😜👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking It is VERY AWESOME! Not everyone has the opportunity to hold a piece of Ripple City in their hands.
The Backwoods Stacker I treasure the second bar of silver SD ever poured! 😉👌🏼
Use the ratio. This is the way.
Yankee, you stacking ratio is ok but I prefer 400ozt silver to 1ozt gold.
And Mike… That’s exactly my ratio! 😂 100ozt Silver for every 1/4 ozt Gold is 400 - 1. 👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking I was trying to make a joke:)
Mike OOPS!! 🤣🤣🤣
Great video
So glad you liked it, bud! 😆👌🏼
Stackers seem to forget about Platinum, the Platinum to Gold and Platinum to Silver Historical ratios tell me its Platinum time right now. I recently traded half my gold for Platinum. Also with the price of Rhodium hitting 10k I think Platinum is about the skyrocket
It all depends on what kind of Stacker you are! I’ve done many videos on it, but I’m not a trader or flipper Stacker. I’m a PREPPER stacker. 😏👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking Well if shtf all i think all stackers will be in better shape than the non stackers
@@Seahawks42011 Agreed!! We're all in much better shape then those who don't stack. But what type of stacker you are either passively or actively instructs what, when, and how one stacks.
@@YankeeStacking I hear you, i also stack silver, I have already accumulated enough 90% that if something bad does happen i will be set, at this point I am focused on ROI and for me i think Platinum is the safest bet, Even if you buy it to hold for a few years and trade it off for silver or gold once the ratios get back to normal. Considering Platinum is 30 times rarer than gold and has tons of industrial demand there is no way gold should be 1.5 times platinum and there is no sense to why that is.
Seahawks42011 Hope you NAIL it. Sure wish I kept my Palladium proof from 2018!!! 🤦♂️ I use most of my investment $$$ for real estate and private mortgage lending. I rarely “invest” with PMs but if you’re skilled and know what you’re doing there’s certainly money to be made! 👌🏼
I prospected for gold before I ever got into silver but since its winter I cant go out as much so I'm stacking all winter
“Stacking all winter”. L 😍V E that‼️👌🏼
@@YankeeStacking thanks man!!!
Sounds A-ok Yankee!😂😂😂
Now may I have a sticker please 😁🍻
OMG‼️😫
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼
I like the silver and now I'm going for silver miners as silvers getting ready for a moon shot!!!
Mining stocks? High reward potential! 👌🏼
Im 21 and just started stacking I have 40 silver eagles and that’s
it lol. How much do you guys have and when did you start? Any strategies I aware of? Thank you community!
40 ASEs is a fantastic start, Jake! 👊🏻😃👌🏼
Lamarr Avery my problem is I have no idea if I’m getting ripped off or not. I paid $740 for my 40 silver eagles, I’m supposed to go buy around 15 sets of silver mints sets 1960p set, 1960d set, 2 1961p sets, 1962p, 1963p, 1964p, 1965-67 special mint sets, 68 and 69 proof sets, 1969s set, 1969d set, and 1976 proof set. Also 1940-49 year sets. All for $350 together it sounds like a good deal but idk lol
Is your ratio that low because you already have the cannon as the base of your stack? Would your purchasing ratio still be 400:1 if you were starting at zero? Thanks Yankee.
That is a really good point I should’ve clarified in the video. If I was starting from scratch and I didn’t have the initial investment monies at my disposal to buy the canon I would indeed stack of the ratio I described. Thanks! 😊👌🏼
My ratio is very different. I’m about 60:1
Well you’re just greedy. 😜👌🏼
I stick to stacking at a 50:1 ratio personally…
That’s where I’m currently at.