Getting ready for doomsday

Preparing for the end of the world is an expensive business.

830-DI-634

Worried about Trump? Then tool up, buy gold, and head for the hills
(Image credit: Credit: Moviestore collection Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

Oh dear. That sinister Doomsday Clock has just ticked forward 30 seconds. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists cites Trump and climate change ("which I had hoped would cancel each other out", said Giles Coren in The Times). Now we're at only two and a half minutes to midnight, the closest we've been to disaster since 1953. This certainly chimes, as it were, with the zeitgeist. There is unquestionably "a sense out there that the end of the world is nigh", says Coren. "It's all over Twitter and the liberal press, it's there in the glum faces of your friends at dinner and the black humour on metropolitan coffee shop blackboards"

Subscribe to MoneyWeek

Subscribe to MoneyWeek today and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE

Get 6 issues free
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/mw70aro6gl1676370748.jpg

Sign up to Money Morning

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Sign up
MoneyWeek

MoneyWeek is written by a team of experienced and award-winning journalists, plus expert columnists. As well as daily digital news and features, MoneyWeek also publishes a weekly magazine, covering investing and personal finance. From share tips, pensions, gold to practical investment tips - we provide a round-up to help you make money and keep it.