I love gold, and silver. Physically having gold/silver is GREAT, Holding Paper Silver/Gold/Oil in a trade account is also good. (Trade account with an american bank).
The Government could always crack down on whatever they want to,
Physically holding would be the hardest to take, with force buys, new force taxes etc...
I am just looking for as many baskets to put my eggs in as I can.
I think one of these baskets could be a Switzerland bank account. (My understand is they now share records with the USA/US-IRS). I have no interest in tax evasion.
Take a look at this chart.
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=USDC ... =undefined
I am about to read this howto guide.
http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal ... count5.htm