If the banks are going to close, or the dollar drops, would it actually help any to not have the funds?
Dear CIGAs,
I have no doubt that $1650 will come. My concern is not that it will not happen, but that I am much too conservative in my long-term price objective since 2000.
If major banks can be torn apart how can we have faith in the small local institutions that hold most of your ready cash?
When I said �This is IT,� it is not something that I take lightly. Never in 49 years in finance have I seen a set of circumstances so challenging to the man in the street.
What I am getting at is a simple question. Are you prepared? You have heard us talk repeatedly on removing financial intermediaries between you and your assets, but the time has come for us to recommend going one step further:
Hold enough cash at your household to last you a month or two. It may be largely unnecessary for the majority, but what do you have to lose? If your bank should fail this will save you a lot of grief in the short term. If they do not, you still have all your cash that can easily be deposited back into your account.
Regards,
Jim
Will the bailout bill passing, would it be wise to withdraw my funds from the bank?![]()
‘‘Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008’’
SEC. 128. ACCELERATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 203 of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 (12 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2008’’.
this section is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking “the ratio of 3 per centum” and inserting “a ratio of not greater than 3 percent (and which may be zero)” in clause (i) and by striking “and not less than 8 per centum,” and inserting “(and which may be zero),” in clause (ii);
there is no reason to keep anymore cash in the bank than is necessary to cover operating expenses, with interest pretty much non-existent
Invest some savings "outside US dollars" in case the money itself (regardless of location) becomes hyper inflated or completely worthless. That might be corporate stocks (maybe a utility in the usa or another country) that pays a dividend... even in a depression, get some PM like silver or gold that you hold yourself, open/exchange into another country's bank/currency, or snap up that recent foreclosure sale real estate bargain you found (far far away from a big city where life could become difficult if TSHTF).