EWV;

So you think the government or marketeers are going to harm Zach because he bought a gram of gold? Think he's up for an IRS audit or a flood of gold adverts because an unknown flesh and blood person using the digital ID "Zach055" told us he bought a gram of gold?

Digital life is what is monitored through the government mass surveillance and for the marketeers' "Big Data" tracking and sale of other peoples' privacy. Look at all the tracking sites leeching off galtsgulchonline (e.g. look with firefox plugins noscript or collusion). This is especially dangerous with a government that says the Tea Party is "terrorists" and who think Ayn Rand wrote books about "blowing up buildings".

Well...it's up for debate. In recent history (Pol Pot) gold really helped sustain life for many families because they were able to buy food or services (even from the government officials) with little bits of gold. But, at that point the population had been unarmed, too. But, I agree that guns and ammo will be key if the SHTF. But, I don't think it's fair to equate the purchase of gold automatically with preppers.

Good for you! According to the most recent "Liberty's Outlook" newsletter, the US Dollar has lost 98.3% of its value since the creation of the
Federal Reserve. Long term the trend is in favor of gold,

Good move, Zach. Keep it up!
The only thing I would say, just be careful not to get too attached to the "story" around gold (risks of hyper inflation, etc). You need to have an exit strategy otherwise the gold just becomes a curiosity. Decide how high the price can go to make you sell and take your profit, and also (possibly more important as a mental exercise) how low the price would go to make you decide it was a bad idea and sell.

A hundred years ago, one gram of gold was only equal to about 65 cents.

I'm with you. I assume people convert cash to gold because gold is less volatile. But, if the SHTF then the most valuable items will be those that preserve or end life (food, medicine, ammo). Forgive my ignorance, but what good is a soft, pretty rock at that point?

Gram of gold is about half the size of a dime, tiny little ingots. Cute, too.

Zach;

I don't think you need to worry about people in your digital life, it's the people in your real life who will tell people you don't know, who will break in and trash your house trying to find the rumored million dollars worth of gold you have squirreled away.

Congratulations. Start small, but keep it up.

Good point, I will not mention this on any other forums.

It's not the $ amount. There are just some things best not advertized. It makes finding stuff more of a challenge.

One gram is only equal to about $50

Good for you. Best not to advertise it though.