[GOPJ]

There are gold ETF’s - and gold funds - Franklin Templeton has a nice Gold Fund (FGADX)- Year to Date return as of November 5th was 46.3%.

Vanguard has a Precious Metals Fund (VGPMX) - Year to Date return: 31.3%. It’s never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket... but both these funds strike me as trustworthy. I’m invested in both of them...

Here’s a nice site to check out mutual funds:

http://www.fundalarm.com/

[tbw2]

Wall Street Journal had an article on the bunker survival portfolio. That might be a good hedge against inflation. However, other than buying each of the stocks in their list individually, what other ETFs, mutual funds, or investments would invest in these "survival" essentials?

Such an investment would be a good hedge against inflation while still being somewhat liquid (and excluding gold, silver, lead and real estate).