Investment - I am 72 y.o. I have a very small amount in a retirement account. Should I invest this

Go to gold-eagle.com and read the news. Many nations are collapsing. The USA is one of them. Bankers are doing every trick they know to obscure the fact, such as manipulating the metals markets to keep prices low. The only sensible investment you can make is to buy silver ingots and hide them at home, NOT in any company's vault. I hope you have some food in the house. Buy what's on sale.