<prompt> Human: Some background: I recently graduated from my University and landed a 50Kyear job. I will be acting as a House Director Similar to an RA for the next 12 months, which will include rent, food, utilities, and a monthly stipend.I have no debts or loans to pay back.I have an established Roth IRA.I have a company 401k with a 50 company match up to 8.I am in a position to aggressively save funds at a relatively young age. My father would enjoy the folks over at rsilverbugs, so I am leaning towards investing at least a little bit into physical metals. I am investing for the long term and am curious to hear other investors opinions and ideas.Assistant: I am in a position to aggressively save funds at a relatively young age. Start out with your standard index funds Vanguard is a great company with good fund options. If you want aggressive growth, youre going to need to overweight equity, but understand the risk there.My father would enjoy the folks over at rsilverbugs, so I am leaning towards investing at least a little bit into physical metals.Allocate whatever portion of your portfolio you want 10 and buy a metals ETF or several metals ETFs. Buying physical metals is somewhere between difficult and a scam i.e. those BUY GOLD commercials on late night TV.Human: Start out with your standard index funds Vanguard is a great company with good fund options.My company uses Fidelity, my investment there is a fund that uses a combination of underlying Fidelity domestic equity, international equity, bond, and short-term funds using a moderate asset allocation strategy designed for investors expecting to retire around the year 2055Agressive Growth - High risk scares me too much.As far as metals go, I think I will split between ETFs similar to CEF or simply SLV, and use a large goldsilver dealer that my father uses for physical.  <response>: Agressive Growth - High risk scares me too much.This... As far as metals go, I think I will split between ETFs similar to CEF or simply SLV, and use a large goldsilver dealer that my father uses for physical.and this are paradoxical... 