I constantly misunderestimate the ability of sovereign governments to delay the day of reckoning, especially the USA’s ability to do so. I am constantly wrong.
I use to try to invest based on knowing what was coming, but my timing has been so far off, I’ve given up. Fortunately this haven’t hurt me financially as at least I was poised for what was coming. I just thought I could make much more off of knowing, but I am always so wildly wrong on the timing, I make small amounts, not big as hoped.
At this point, I am just aiming for 100% safety and the heck with gains. Call me a coward, but it lets me sleep well at night.
My old 401k just rots in bonds (improving very slowly) while the rest of my “savings” dollars goes to junk silver and improving my Prepper farm in KY.
The best investment of all is the tools that can allow you to survive if the SHTF, or support your life style if it doesn’t.