My thinking is that regardless of what the mainstream news media tells us, the truth is that the world economies are in tremendous debt to the banks and the economies are failing. In a bank crash, people will flee to precious metals as a safe haven, but it will be too late, because investors following this trouble, who are ahead of the curve, will have bought up all the available gold and silver bars and coins. What's left? Cryptocurrencies will look more appealing, even if a bit risky. What other options are there if we can't trust the banks.