I know of someone who converted lifetime 401k to *physical* gold, bought a safe, put gold in safe, and was robbed within just a few weeks.
Awesome.
I believe the precipitating factor for this person’s behavior was fear he developed by reading too many internet blogs talking about “Peak Oil”.
Remember that? Seems quaint now… Just like all the talk here of depressions, collapse, civil disturbances, etc will seem quaint in 2011. Arraya and partypup will still have electricity and wifi, piggington will still be up (right Rich?) and they’ll still be posting here just fine in 2011. Likely their incomes will be higher too. Just my prediction.
In the meantime I would advise, don’t put all your eggs in one basket, and don’t keep the basket at your house.
