As the economic crisis deepens and the US dollar progressively depreciates until its eventual demise, enterprising minds that act ahead of the masses can come out ahead – sometimes at little or no up front cost.

Historically, these non-traditional investment assets have retained or increased their value, while also serving a practical purpose for post-collapse emergency preparedness planning.

Financial institutions and brokerage houses like MF Global are just the tip of the iceberg. The accounting practices of our government are far worse, and the consequences of collapse significantly more dangerous.

The supply of silver has been distorted and investors have been deceived into selling silver for $30 per ounce.

Note to readers: If you’re going to hide your gold or other personal items in a storage unit, don’t forget to pay your rent!

Losses are to be expected. The goal is to avoid a total loss in any single event by diversifying as broadly as possible, regardless of whether we’re talking about precious metals, stocks, real estate, cash or disaster preparedness supplies.

It may sound crazy, but if you consider the factors that could drive silver over the next decade, including industrial demand, investor demand, the gold-silver ratio, and irrational bubble buying, it is not as unreasonable as it may sound.

Those of our readers investing in gold and silver assets, especially if you are committing a large percentage of your net worth, should consider some safeguards.

Just when you thought your silver and gold coins were portable and outside of the realm of government intervention and scrutiny…

As is the case with most legislation emanating in recent years from States and the Federal government, the definitions have been purposely left ambiguous so that they can be applied at will by the State in any way police and prosecutors choose. We full expect similar laws to be enacted across the country in due time.

We have no words to express the sheer lunacy of the following report…

The occasion will mark the first time the Trump Organization has accepted 99.9% pure gold bullion, rather than cash, as a deposit on a commercial lease.

The trend has been developing for several years and is now accelerating. Governments want to ensure you have no access to real assets like gold and silver, making you dependent on them as the sole provider of solutions for the problems they create.

The central planners have managed to keep the ship from sinking and the band playing for almost three years. They may finally be running out of stop gaps.

Clearly, the government and the elite who benefit from the paper money system will do everything to avoid a gold standard. And, chances are that those among us who are uninformed will join them, because a transition would certainly not be easy.

If you’ve got any of these coins in your possession, chances are that the US government knows who you are and where you live.

Analysts and financial pundits the world over have suggested that gold is in a bubble and a crash is imminent. Our view, which we have maintained for several years, is that gold is nowhere near a bubble, and is displaying none of the signs of an end to a bull cycle run.

We would certainly advise our readers to prepare for future calamity by investing in long-term food storage, water reserves, tools, equipment, skills development and other preparedness supplies, but the future potential value of gold in a collapsing economy cannot be discounted.

Eighteen months hence we submit that even though we were being told by the likes of Mr. Roubini that everything was going to be fine and tail risk had been avoided, we can now see that no such risk has been reduced and we are potentially much worse off today then we were then.

Money and governments are faith based systems. So long as the people continue to lose confidence in these systems, the price of tangible assets, including gold, will continue to rise.

Take note America, this is what happens when you put your trust in a government run amok.

Your income may be fine today, your assets intact. But a lot of things can change in a year or two. Chances are you know several people whose way of life has been adversely affected by this crisis. Now is the time to create and execute a contingency plan for the possibility of a personal economic collapse. This should include a variety of supplies and skills, as well as an understanding of what is money when the system collapses.

Since most of our readers deal directly with physical precious metals for the purpose of wealth preservation and emergency preparedness, as opposed to paper trading of PM’s, you should see no negative impact on your ability to accumulate or liquidate your gold or silver.

When those who would never consider investing in gold today begin attending gold buying investment conferences together with friends and neighbors, or they start recommending books for you to read about gold investing, you’ll know it’s time to transfer your wealth into a different asset.

The only thing holding this thing together at this point is market confidence. When that goes, everything else goes with it.