Buying silver and gold is not really a risk at this point. The risk is what will happen to you when the dollar finally ends - and you don't have any. A risk is investing in anything made of paper because, in the end, its' value will revert back to exactly what it is - paper. At least with silver and gold, you're still holding onto a shiny metal that has been considered money by most of the world, for the entire span of human history.

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