Have been buying gold and silver coins for many years to protect against the ever devaluating fiat currency we are forced to use. On the advice of my Grandfather when I was just a teen telling me not to waste money on useless things, I bought my first coin when gold was a mere 325 dollars an ounce, now its over 1900 dollars. As such, it turns out to have been a very good decision on my part, beating the wealth destroying debt money system. Funny thing, one ounce of gold still buys the same amount of wheat as it did 2000 years ago. Never invested in the stock market because it is so rigged and manipulated. The stock market is controlled by speculators not real investors. Now the DS is really pushing for a digital currency that you can't put in your pocket or touch, in the fear that a worldwide return to the gold standard could take hold. Their plan is to force everyone to exchange their cash for a digital currency where you can only access it with an electronic gadget that can shut you out if government thinks you are an undesirable that refuses the mark/chip. In other words its a way to steal your cash and control you.