keep gold bars in a vault overseas - You're at risk if diplomatic relations between your country and the other country go south between now and retirement. bur

keep gold bars in a vault overseas - You're at risk if diplomatic relations between your country and the other country go south between now and retirement. bury cash or gold in the yard - laughable at best buy woodland or farmland and trust that local property rights will be maintained - a government that you fear will seize your IRA or 401k will likely also seize your land. See Cuba and the Bacardi company. open bank accounts overseas - Overseas bank accounts are not safe from an overzealous US government. As of 2009, you have to report all those Swiss bank accounts.