Roger that, words of wisdom right there.

Check out farm and construction equipment. Dirt cheap during a collapse, but guarantees you work in the midst of a depression, and then makes you real money during an economic recovery.

I don't make enough to invest that way, but I buy tools on a much smaller scale that still pays off with me being able to get jobs that I otherwise either would not be able to do, or would look half amateur on.

Farm equipment, auto shop equipment, construction equipment, shop inventory, all winning plays right now when shuffling paper does not cut it.

Just yesterday I met some Ukrainian people who got a small auto repair shop going. Pretty clean place and they are set up to do ONLY oil changes and brakes, not much else. The maximum time any car spends on their lift is an hour and that's for the brake jobs. Oil changes are 10 to 15 minutes. I know another guy, former auto shop repairman who got smart and put a $2500 lift in his personal garage at the house. He figures he pulls around $2500 per month part time without ever leaving his house.

Money in the bank at a pitance of interest rate vs investing in your ability to be paid for work no matter what, make the ability to work investment and just adjust your prices according to the economy. You will always eat and most likely bring home enough to fed the family, no matter what. Networking or doubling up households if it gets really tight guarantees survival if not some ongoing success.