<prompt> Human: I live in Argentina, my country has an inflationary economy. Annual inflation is about 25 percent. I dont really know exactly what that means but I understand that saving money reduces its value over time the price of everything is going up and up all the time.Im able to save 3500 pesos a month about 250 dollars and its just sitting on the bank losing its value. Also Argentinian government has a history of taking over people savings when a crisis occurs.Even if its not much, I just dont know what to do with my money until now Ive been just buying stuff I needed, Id like to buy an apartment but thats about 800.000 pesos in my city right now, and with the inflation issue Ill never get there.Also, buying dollars or any other foreign currency is strictly forbidden by our gobernment.Any advice on how to prevent my money from losing its value would be great. I thought about buying stuff to resell later but what kind of stuff doesnt lose value over time?Im 24 btw.Edit: Many of you are suggesting me to buy US treasury bonds and stocks. Thats allowed here but I wouldnt know where to start. How can I learn about such investments?Edit 2: Thanks for your advice, its been really helpfull.Assistant: Short-term: Tangible goods. Canned food, toilet paper, etc. Essentially anything you know you are going to use long term. It is cheaper for you to purchase it now at the cheaper price than to wait a few months and have the price double. This is all stuff you would use anyway. Long Term: Precious metals. Human: Ive been buying the short term stuff for while. Can you store precious metals in the bank? I dont wanna have with me anything that could get stolen, thats risking your life down here.  <response>: yeah, i knew a guy who had 200k of gold stolen from his house, which was in a safe. and thats not even in a dangerous country or city. i would be very careful. personally, its not for me. 