Nice. All good points. Liquidity is important in a crunch, short of total currency collapse. Metals are simply too spendy for most at current prices. Bags of no

Nice. All good points. Liquidity is important in a crunch, short of total currency collapse. Metals are simply too spendy for most at current prices. Bags of non-perishable staples may be a good move. BTW, Shell is already reporting that Peak Oil is now, with the revelation that the Saudi's and other M/E oil producers routinely overstate their reserves. On the up side, this will seriously launch a bunch of alternative energy projects.