Prečo vlastniť drahé kovy?

Sedíte pri rannej káve a počúvate správy, že pre ekonomické problémy sú z nariadenia vlády všetky banky zavreté - až do odvolania. V bankách vám sedia bezcenné papiere a vy rozmýšľate, za čo urobíte ďalší nákup. Vtedy vám svitne, že v pivnici máte zo starých čias odložených zopár strieborných mincí a tehličiek. Uľaví sa vám. Na určitý čas je rodina zachránená...

You sit there with your cup of coffee with a very sick feeling coming over you, your heart pounding to the point that you think you may lose consciousness. Is this real? It must be, you are awake now! Your mind starts to race -- how much did you have in the bank – the IRA – the 401K – the stocks? And how much do you have on hand at this moment? How are you going to get gas in the car if the banks are closed and the credit cards don't work? You start to feel very nauseated, your hands start to shake, and a cold sweat breaks out all over your skin in places you didn't even think you had sweat glands.

The anchorwoman is saying the banks are all closed until the government does something, and yet what can they do, since they caused this mess!

What can you use to buy anything?

How can you use what is of no value anymore, just worthless paper! What can you barter with? Do you have ANYTHING on hand right now that can be used as a measure of value, to replace what few dollars you may have that are now utterly worthless, to get food to eat, gas in the car -- to stay alive? How will you protect your children?

WHAT? -- ARE? -- YOU? -- GOING? -- TO? -- DO? !!!

How in the world are you even going to be able to buy any more coffee?!? You think, is this your last cup?

And then you are exasperated, angry at your foolish thoughts because you know there are things more important than coffee! But not right now, as you take another sip.

Your mind starts to race!

It will be that way for millions. For the vast majority. For many readers of this report even, who never took action.

Well, hopefully you have prayed, and kept your heart and mind faithfully close to GOD, so that never happens.

But think how that scenario could be totally different for you, when the time comes for everyone else, if you had thought ahead, and put some or most of your dollars into something that you could use to buy, sell, and trade with – something that will hold a value no matter what else happens – something like silver or gold?

When that morning comes, you will likely be able to finish your coffee in style, feeling calm and secure, perhaps trying to avoid feeling a bit smug, and you will rest so much easier when the time comes! There will be no need to join in the panic that everyone else will be in, when the gas stations begin selling gas for the only workable form of money left, the form of money that has lasted for thousands of years, as they will sell gas for perhaps 20 gallons per troy oz. of silver.

Why would you panic, if you had 5000 oz. of silver tucked away in your home vault? You do some quick math in your head. Let's see now, a gallon used to cost up to $5, so 20 gallons once cost $100, so my silver is now worth $100/oz in the old money, and my little stash is now worth a cool $500,000 as measured in “pre crash” dollars that no longer buy anything at all. Not too bad of a nest egg that you paid only $100,000 to obtain back in mid 2010.

I know most of you are waiting for another day to prepare. Most people don't buy the flashlights and bottled water until the day before the hurricane arrives, and by then, the stores are sold out!

By Kerri Roth, edited by Jason Hommel

31.05.2010