Cesar Fasano wrote: Garrett, Nice move...Besides the ideas that the guys have posted here for you, I'll add that you must keep in mind that you should educate yourself in any of the areas you want to invest in BEFORE you make a move. Now, with the economic scenario ahead, precious metals like gold and silver are certainly great investements..(along as hedges against hyper-inflation) Also, with the value of the dollar going down on the long term, any investment outside of this currency would be a smart move...After all, there's a HUGE transfer wealth underway. Remember: Success = The Right Education + Massive Action Good Luck! Cesar

To protect against hyper inflation? How many times has that happend in the last 100 years? To protect against something that is 1% chance of happening is a bad advice. It's like me buying a car, then buying the same car again in the chance that one gets stollen. You can't live in Gold and produces no interest or dividens. You also can't trade it for a loaf of bread. It's value is based on fundamentals like jewlry and manufacturing. 40% of its value is based on fear and investor speculation (read this months Money magazine) Pluss if hyper inflation did happen, would suggest a worsened economy and therefore, who could afford to buy your gold if everyone is unemployed? Someone mentioned buying Gold coins? Horrible idea unless your a collector. The spread on coins is horrible. Buy and sell a coin and expect a ~20%? loss immediately. The best thing to do is buy 1 Killo bullion or more. I'ts a solid 32 ounce brick or whatever it was and doesn't have all the pretty pictures on it that cost you in labor. Its cheaper then buying 32 1 ounce bars for obvious reasons. The higher you go the better, unless you invest in GLD paper gold? It may go up for another couple years or so but that is speculation and not really an investment. Just too many what ifs with Gold. Bad advice IMO.