Posted on 07/12/2017 11:22:58 AM PDT by Lorianne
Wars have been fought over guano.
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All investments, food, clothing, fuel, gold, gems, shelter, currencies are subserviant to a loaded firearm.
For troubled times?
Can’t go wrong whiskey, cigars and hookers.
It’s a depreciating asset as it composts away.
This guy is bat shit crazy
Cigars can go stale and hookers get old and wrinkled.
The DNC and the MSM are RICH!
Gold, treasuries, and currencies are money, not investments. Foreign currencies (gold included) is speculation or a bet against the US dollar. Money is nice to have, but an investment is by definition some thing other than money that are expected to provide a return, like stocks. Or rental income from real estate.
Bat guano is a commodity, I suppose.
Troubled times don’t last!
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Cigars can go stale and hookers get old and wrinkled.
An island covered in bat guano will be lost as an investment when sea level rise from global warming submerges it. Buy carbon credits instead. /s
Its a silly article, and probably tongue-in-cheek, but the author otherwise does really good economic analysis.
Pay off personal debt a la Dave Ramsey’s program. The guaranteed rate of return equal to the interest rate on the debt, and you can live on less if money gets tight or not have to struggle to pay down debt during deflationary times.
Yep, right up until we converted our big munition manufacturing facilities after WWII to ammonium nitrate production for fertilizer.
When the Chinese and Japanese were first allowed in the country after the war they both wanted to see the nitrate production facilities we had for fertilizer more than anything.
Personally I prefer silver to any other physical investment myself. Bitcoin? Seriously? A farmer will sell you some eggs or a quarter hog a whole lot faster when you walk up with something tangible in your hand instead of a thumb drive.
Gold is more difficult I believe simply because with silver it’s easier to make change and pay smaller amounts than with gold unless you get the really small pieces, and holding a half lb. of silver that someone can see and feel is way better than a few grams of gold when you’re negotiating IMHO.
“An investment that can be gutted by financial rules changing overnight is not safe.”
What’s Best ?
22 ,thru 308, caliber ammo —— in large quantities.....with appropriate launching instruments.....
If you’re that confident that things are going all to hell to such an extent that virtually every investment will be worthless or confiscated, then the economy is going to be a total shambles.
I’d suggest “investing” in defensible rural property capable of producing food, surrounded by trustworthy people of a like mind, and pay it off. Make sure it’s in a jurisdiction that is unlikely to turn predatory. Fix your tax burden by paying property tax ahead five or ten years if it’s permitted, locking in the rate. Then, stock up on enough shelf-stable food to carry yourself and your family for a year or two. Then, make certain you can defend said property, “invest” in training yourself to be very handy with defensive weapons. Then, “invest” in a means to provide power sufficient to at least run a well pump, some lights and a few creature comforts to make your house livable when the grid goes down, because if the markets are seized up that badly, things are going to degenerate fairly quickly. Then, “invest” in barter items that will remain in demand. Whiskey, toilet paper, tobacco.
Then, sit back, relax, stop worrying, live your life, love your family, enjoy nature, it hasn’t changed and is as beautiful as ever. You’ve done all you can do and there’s nothing that can be done to prevent this or change the trajectory. It’s coming, just a matter of when. Could be years or even decades, so prepare for people to try to humiliate you for being paranoid.
But, you’ll be as set come what may as you can be. That buys tremendous peace of mind, so long as you don’t go broke trying to accomplish it.
I've never heard of this. Are there any places that do this?
Life Settlement Policies. Ask me if you don’t know about them as an investment vehicle.
Land
Land. They ain’t making any more of it.
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