I decided to buy gold, a few years ago, when it seemed like needing a wheelbarrow of cash to buy a loaf of bread might be a looming reality (hyperinflation).
The other thing I think I'm going to buy is Russian bank bonds -- Sberbank -- I just have to figure out how.
Keep in mind that I am, at heart, a fear-ridden Romanian peasant raised by parents who lived through two world wars and a depression.
Joanna