What goes up in crash, de/inflation, and depression?

ElCubano · Nov 25, 2009

Quote from makloda:

Own and run a secluded farm, outside of wherever the war happens. Be fully self sufficient (livestock, crops etc.). Plenty of guns and ammo. Keep some physical gold in stashes across the globe, e.g. Canada, Switzerland and Australia.

and you must have this in place way before anything major happens....

MasterAtWork · Nov 25, 2009

'What goes up in crash, de/inflation, and depression?'

Tears ? Pain ?

christianhgross · Nov 25, 2009

Quote from TimeCorrosion:

I am trying to hedge in case of war, market crash, inflation, deflation, and depression. What do you think will preserve value or even increase in value in those scenarios?

Defense sector tends to go up in war times (like WWIII); commodities go up during inflation; but pretty much everything goes down in crash, deflation, and depression.

Any simple way to hedge against all these disasters?

Buy trees....

I am being dead serious here. Look back at Bismarck and his investment philosophy. He was preoccupied with making good investments. He ended sticking all of his money into trees and forests.

Did quite well actually considering all of the WARS, DEPRESSIONS, and so on that occurred during his lifetime and shortly thereafter... He is a quite interesting study in economics and leadership.

Why trees?

People will need wood regardless. If there is less need of wood then your trees just get bigger. Meaning, you get a compounding dividend growing on your property. In inflationary times wood gets more expensive.

It is a win win situation...

dmo · Nov 25, 2009

Quote from christianhgross:

Buy trees....

I am being dead serious here. Look back at Bismarck and his investment philosophy. He was preoccupied with making good investments. He ended sticking all of his money into trees and forests.

Did quite well actually considering all of the WARS, DEPRESSIONS, and so on that occurred during his lifetime and shortly thereafter... He is a quite interesting study in economics and leadership.

Why trees?

People will need wood regardless. If there is less need of wood then your trees just get bigger. Meaning, you get a compounding dividend growing on your property. In inflationary times wood gets more expensive.

It is a win win situation...

Bismarck also talked about the psychic/emotional boost he got from just wrapping his arms around a tree. Hence the term "Tree-hugger."

Honest.

TradinMadMan · Nov 25, 2009

Quote from christianhgross:

Buy trees....

Why trees?

People will need wood regardless. If there is less need of wood then your trees just get bigger. Meaning, you get a compounding dividend growing on your property. In inflationary times wood gets more expensive.

It is a win win situation...

Man, u guys are too much. lol

Jesus · Nov 28, 2009

Quote from christianhgross:

Buy trees....

I am being dead serious here. Look back at Bismarck and his investment philosophy. He was preoccupied with making good investments. He ended sticking all of his money into trees and forests.

Did quite well actually considering all of the WARS, DEPRESSIONS, and so on that occurred during his lifetime and shortly thereafter... He is a quite interesting study in economics and leadership.

Why trees?

People will need wood regardless. If there is less need of wood then your trees just get bigger. Meaning, you get a compounding dividend growing on your property. In inflationary times wood gets more expensive.

It is a win win situation...

LMAO. Thank you

What happens if there is a forest fire, or termites. I think I am going to call state farm tomorrow and demand I insure the trees in the back yard.

psytrade · Nov 28, 2009

I hate to be the one...

but you need trees to print money

Index piker · Nov 28, 2009

Quote from TimeCorrosion:

I am trying to hedge in case of war, market crash, inflation, deflation, and depression. What do you think will preserve value or even increase in value in those scenarios?

Defense sector tends to go up in war times (like WWIII); commodities go up during inflation; but pretty much everything goes down in crash, deflation, and depression.

Any simple way to hedge against all these disasters?

Might I suggest:
1) selling insurance to suckers on all of those events.

2)Use the proceeds to buy, in no particular order
1) secluded defensible (underground?)
property, nearby freshwater fishing.
2) guns & ammo
3) food, seeds
4) alcohol, cigarettes
5) bordello

Tom1am · Nov 28, 2009

Centerfire ammo 9mm, .223 expensive and u will be on a waiting list to get

Many truckers are now armed

.22 and most SGN ammo is good for hunting, do not know the availability.

Physical gold has been hard to get for awhile, but you do need enough to bribe the border guards

MY LIST
12 guage
Mini 14
.357
9MM
2000 rounds for the above, will be able to obtain additional rounds off down cowboys
muscle car
Clorine for water purification
hand tools
seeds
land
trees
Copy of US Marine Corps Survival Guide
Copy of Options as a Strategic Investment
any others??

peilthetraveler · Nov 28, 2009

Quote from psytrade:

I hate to be the one...

but you need trees to print money

Actually you dont. Money is not really made from wood. Its a combination of 25% linen and 75% cotton. If it was made from paper, then when you wash it, they would disintegrate.