Quote Originally Posted by JohnTRourke View Post
my ammo is up more than 4x from less than 10 years ago
Ain't no stock done that.

plus, nobody gets their fingers and steals it 1, 2, 3 percent a year (government, bank, mutual fund, whatever)
I bought 3,000 shares of Ford stock in November 2008 at less than 1.50 per share. It's at 12.92 right now. Though it has taken a big hit today....

Go with Wulf's advice, most will depend on employer matching for 401(k) accounts, and precious metals are a hedge not a real investment unless you can time the markets and have large amounts of cash to invest up front.