Sell everything! 2016 will be a 'cataclysmic year,' warns RBS

[Steve]

I don't see a reason to panic either, but perhaps that's not the point - perhaps we should be worried that the general population will panic. If people do panic they will start taking money from their accounts, if the government acts quickly it will put a limit on how much can be withdrawn, this will prompt everyone to try to get their ration of cash out - and it will force me to do the same whilst there is still cash to be had.

So, even a rumour can affect us.

On the bright side, my pigs don't give a stuff about the stock market and are very likely to carry on eating grass if oil reaches $10 a barrel. Your preps don't care either.