<prompt> Human: In a few hours I will have retired from the Army and rode off into the sunset at age 39 to travel the world. I have managed to save 350k so far over the years. I will bring in another 42kyear from my military retirement and 18,612year in VA disability. I currently own my house Worth around 250k and my two cars 2009 BMW M5 and 2002 Honda S2000. I have no debt other than a credit card I pay off monthly that ranges between 2-300month.edit: So there seem to be two camps of people. One believe I have enough money to travel the world and live comfortably. The other believe I need to get a job immediately as Im no where near set. Talk about polar opposites.To those of you who are anti-military I could not care less. I became an AnCap over the past six years.Assistant: Get the fuck out of gold. Today.Human: Whats the negativity towards gold? FRNs arent real money.Assistant: No negativity at all, its just way overpriced at the moment, and a lot of people will want to get out over the next years. The top has blown off and the longer you wait the more drops in price will decimate your lovely 350k. Ive been there.Edit: Fun fact, Ive just sold off a gold 4-doubloon today for 520. 20078 that would have been only around 260.Human: So what would you get into next? Bitcoin is way too volatile.  <response>: Gold and bitcoins arent investments. At best, theyre stores of value or alternative currencies and thats being very generous. At worst, theyre highly volatile speculative gambles driven by hysteria.Diversify into stocks, bonds, real estate, or businesses. Trust the personal finance community on this - nobody here wants to see you burying 350k in gold in your backyard.And yes, Federal Reserve Notes are definitely money. The definition of money is pretty simple - its anything that two people agree to exchange for goods and services. You spent 20 years in the military getting paid and paying your bills with FRNs. Everyone in any position of power on this planet including powerful people in states hostile to the US agrees that they have real value and goes to great lengths to acquire more of them.If you think fiat currencies have no value, think about it the other way around - why do you think shiny rocks have any inherent value? 