#1 Decade Long Investment

[FunnyMoney]

What do you expect the #1 investment in terms of net proceeds based upon general purchasing power (purchasing power is subjective, so based against something generally speaking or in terms of the avg lifestyle you and those around you have).

I go with: #1 platinum, #2 rare metals (but could be wrong, especially if picking the wrong one), #3 silver (safest overall and so close to other 2 that it has my vote), #4 palladium/gold (gold safety factor makes it a must have ownership investment even if not your top choice), #5 base metals (more risk again), #6 agricultural commodites / energy related (very hard to invest in but with good returns).

The rest on the list I don't care for as much, unless you are very good with RE investments. RE investments could be considered more of a business, so those who are good with some specialty investment vehicle or with business then that might be your top investment. Post explanation or simply vote for a general liquid investment or both.

I think Nov 2010 is ok to start with (it's close enough to 2011).

[mightymanx]

The basics food and general household supplies.

A large quantity of those would net the most in my opinion.

AKA the alpha strategy.

http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/zcontent/alpha_strategy.pdf

[Twisted Titan]

Hard Currencies and the maker of tangible goods.

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[Trinity]

Chinese currency and bonds will give the metals a run for the money this coming decade. IMHO

[RJB]

I picked agriculture. (I'm surprised a lot of others did too) We all have to eat actual (non-GMO, artificial crap) real food.

Lately I've been thinking SHTF, so I'm thinking basics. If we just slowly get ground under the heel of tyranny, I'd say for investing I go with metal: Au/Ag for currency, base metals for sound investment (pennies and nickels won't go below face), Palladium for risky investment with enormous potential.

[MNeagle]

Drinkable water aka blue gold

http://www.energyadvantage.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WaterDrop.jpg


Agreed w/ GGW, definitely water. Didn't see a definitive category for that, so didn't vote.

[RJB]

Agreed w/ GGW, definitely water. Didn't see a definitive category for that, so didn't vote.
I figured that with agriculture.

[Ponce]

Same here, agridulture or anything that has to do with food..............however without water there is no food but sorry to say that not many are looking at that.........for now.

[RJB]

Same here, agridulture or anything that has to do with food..............however without water there is no food but sorry to say that not many are looking at that.........for now.
What about TP? :)

[FunnyMoney]

There will be no safety in any mainstream asset. If you don't have the majority of your savings in precious metals you will be wiped out.

There will be business owners and insiders that will retain massive wealth when the end of this decade comes, but those people already have massive wealth and will simply preserve and grow their power and mechanisms of control. But for the vast majority of the workers, the youth and retired folk: destruction of wealth and subsistance or survival living awaits.

By the end of this decade, in real terms, real estate, stocks, bonds, cash, certificates of deposit, and even paper intruments tied to agricultural commodities or metals will severely decline in value. Some select agricultural and energy investments will provide fantastic returns in real terms but it will be extremely difficult for the average worker to invest in and realize gains from them.

Taxes, defaults, capital controls, fees, graft, insider theft. mis-management and even possibly some confiscation will destroy most of the gains that any average investor expects from their mainstream investments, even those that do well in gross terms.

For the average person, including probably up to 90% of everybody, the only safety will be found holding with the ability to guard substantial quantities of real physical metal.

Very few believe this now, but by the end of this decade, this will become amazingly clear to everybody.

Practically every fiat currency is now tied to massive amounts of debt and every central govt is trying to wrestle more control and more tax revenue out of the system. The entire world will be due a lesson in economic theory turned to reality, that lesson is coming and it is coming soon.

[RJB]

BTW, when I checked agricultural commodities, I checked it with Ponce's motto in mind, "If you don't hold it, you don't own it."

A hoe, shovel, plot of land, water, animals, seeds and a little knowledge will be worth more than a certificate "worth" thousands of dollars in agri-stock.

[Gaillo]

I'm going with the "Mad Max" scenario. I think weapons and food will be the #1 investments of the next SEVERAL decades.

[Book]

I'm going with the "Mad Max" scenario. I think weapons and food will be the #1 investments of the next SEVERAL decades.


http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2009/01/13/ammo1.jpg

No metal gets more precious wtshtf.

:D