how to protect your money in a depression
if history is any guide you shouldn t spend your time worrying about a depression but you should prepare for the next recession it s really about maintaining your awareness that the economy moves in a boom and bust cycle and if it s boom time get ready for the bust as an investor that means keeping your portfolio diversified to include safe haven picks that do well even in a downturn as a responsible adult it means saving regularly paying your debt down and maintaining an emergency fund and as a participant in the modern american economy it can mean looking around you and considering alternative sources of income that you can exploit when things turn dicey 