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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 636737, member: 18390&quot;]<b>man oh man</b></p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re really worried about when t.s.h.t.f. you need to invest in guns and bullets, not bullion.&nbsp; It&#039;s why they give food stamps to the poor, so they don&#039;t loot and riot.&nbsp; If you&#039;re that paranoid then you need to focus on maslows hierarcy of needs...food, shelter, clothing, security.&nbsp; Once you get beyond the basics you worry about your $.&nbsp; Bullion is good because it is a commodity not directly linked to dollar amounts.&nbsp; Most commodities aren&#039;t safe to hoard.&nbsp; Hoard alot of gas and you&#039;ll likely blow your house up (heard about that on the radio, it happens)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You could invest in anything you think will appriciate in value really, but precious metals have a long accepted history of value, and are the trappings of wealth.&nbsp; It is easy to store, save, calculate the value of, and eventually sell.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen stocks go belly up but I&#039;ve never heard of a time in &quot;modern&quot; culture where precious metals were not worth something.&nbsp; Maybe you like classic cars.&nbsp; Spend your money on that if you think it&#039;s viable.&nbsp; Cars are a pain to maintain and a constant source of expense.&nbsp; There&#039;s insurance, storage, repairs, and unless you NEVER drive it (and what fun is that???) the very real risk of an accident.&nbsp; With bullion it seems rather simple, your biggest worries are proper storage and theft.&nbsp; And a market that will allow you to buy low sell high...which if you aren&#039;t looking to sell for 10-30 years is highly likely, much more certain than most investments at any rate.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus you don&#039;t pay any taxes until you sell.&nbsp; If you value your privacy, with this age of identity theft, no one can hack your account to steal your wealth of bullion if it is stored in a safe.&nbsp; You may consider having a more advanced home security system with more emphasis on the safety of your home, but isn&#039;t that a solid investment and worthwhile even if you didn&#039;t invest in bullion???&nbsp; Your family and your home are worthy of the best protection you can afford.&nbsp; After that, buy collectable Elvis plates for all I care.&nbsp; Someone will probably be willing to pay you something for them...(there is no accounting for taste)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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