Warning...I know nothing about the stock market even though my husband invests I have never understood it. Every alternative news outlet that I follow are warning that our dollar is worth nothing more than monopoly money...everyone is saying hurry hurry invest in Gold and Silver. Heres my question why would Gold and Silver companies sell their Gold and Silver for monopoly money?
The call to leave trading banks was made way before now. Besides you just need more fiat to make the swap.
Keep in mind that money in circulation is multiple times that of the printed stuff ( Federal Reserve Notes ) So most of the the money sitting around in banks are mostly fiction, Just digits on a screen, which can disappear with a click of the mouse.
It is now a matter of first in, first served. As recent events indicate. Bank assists ( which is really debt buying ) going on at the minute may not be to bail out the banks, but to cover withdrawals prehaps. What is happening at the minute is the bankrupted worldwide casino tipping over prehaps.