Cockerel,

I think there are a number of ways to look at the question "What should I own to preserve wealth and protect and provide for my family."

How far out into the future you look can help you decide what to own.

Short tern crisis. (Basic system still in place)

Food- on the shelf

Gas

Protection

A means of barter or ability to buy things with some form of currency.

Mining shares

Medium term crisis (System very unstable -bank holidays- stock market closure- new money) All of the above plus

Physical Gold & Silver- To buy into a new system if the current one collapses.

Money held outside the country

A place to go and ride out the storm - Cabin- other country

A Garden for food - Live stock

Fuel to keep warm or cool

Neighbors that have similar protections in place

Long term Crisis- All of the above plus

Fully paid for land

Farm

Animals

A collective that have skills that would be willing to relocate to that farm- Doctor- machinist- Nurse- Farmer(large scale)- Live stock management skills, Canning skills

Shares in a company are of no short term use.

Those is my quick thoughts on that.