Snide comment of the week.

[randomness]

“Gold is for optimists. I’m diversifying into canned goods.”

Comment by dWj in Felix Salmon's blog, quoted in the Financial Times Alphaville blog.

Comments

[marginaleye.livejournal.com]

"Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns." (from "Gremlins II: The New Batch")

Seriously, though... investing in gold does imply that one believes that society will not degenerate to the point at which people get disemboweled because thugs suspect they've swallowed their stashed gold.