Ready cash

Thanks for the thoughts. I'm pretty heavily invested in ammo, ha. I have a little silver in 1 oz. coins, no gold. I have a few hundred $ always on hand, just thinking about how a larger ready emergency fund may make sense - but don't want it tied up in a bank. The other problem is that cash continues to lose value as inflation goes up, so I guess part of my thought process is, is there a way to hedge against inflation but still have instant access to your resources?

Yeah, I'm seeing there's value (pun intended) to both. Truthfully, I'm just now at a point where I can actually make those kind of provisions for self and family, so I'm late to the party I know. I have thought some about a stock of guns and ammo strictly for trading purposes - like a dozen or so Glock 19s (don't own one myself, or care to) and appropriate ammo.

Lots to think about here, guys. Thanks for the discussion.