I think Robert Kiyosaki is awesome. For those unfamiliar with him, he is a world best selling author, who teaches financial thoughts and ideas, and is generally big on increasing your "financial intelligence." I like Robert so much because he does a great job at explaining complex economic/money matters in everyday simple terms. 

In his most recent online update he describes 6 ways to take advantage of all the US Federal Reserve bailout money, which he calls "hot money." One of the suggestions is: "Don't save money...save commodities."

That is to say that the US dollar (and likewise the CA dollar) will devalue and lose purchasing power. Commodities by comparison will go up in price and gain in value. If you have savings in cash you will lose. If you save in commodities like gold and silver, you will win.