Last I remember, China still makes most of our goods, if the US dollar were to collapse they still need to get goods to us and they love metals of all kinds, from steel to platinum.
It happened to me, I was first turned on when silver was in the low 40's and gold was 1800+. I jumped on the bandwagon...scratch that, I was driving it. You live and you learn.
I buy PM's just to put up for a rainy day or to pass down to my son, I hope the value grows and it has a good chance to, I think it will but it is a risk. For me, it's like a savings account that I do not spend unless I need that money. If it were to tank, at the end of the day you still have...