Stock up on a years supply of canned food, learn to grow vegetables. Set up a water collection system. Buy a premium alarm system for the entire perimeter and stock up on guns and ammo. Things will be absolutely horrible for a couple of years. Iceland is about to file bankruptcy. The contagion is only beginning. Buying exchange traded gold futures won't help you. Stick to cash and physical gold. Before it's all over, you'll be able to buy 10,000 acre ranches for the price of a high end house.