Ryuken thats interesting you mention gold!
I read Steve Keen's blog who is an Australian based economist who is one of the few in the world that predicted the crash. Obvioulsy he is labeled a Doomsayer and does not recieve a great deal of media attention in Australia...sadly.
But in reference to people stocking up on Gold, there was a question posed to Steve in a lecture he gave to Google staff just recently where someone asked him about the whole gold issue for investment yada yada. I cannot remember exactly word for word what Steve said but he mentioned what one person who comments on his blog said "If you think you need Gold, you'll need Lead more" as you are "banking" on an entire collapse.