Best options for the impending recession?

Anyone have the patience to help a severly economically challeged bafoon? If so, please write in crayon.

I would investigate more thoroughly, but this pc is entirely too slow at work. I just checked scottrade while checking another thread and I looked up silver. Of course, I don't know the ins and outs of how to look at it correctly, but I pulled up the first company offered. American Silver Mining Co (ASLM) at $1.06. I then pulled up Arian Silver Corp (ASLRF) at $0.42.

Is that just what the company/mine is worth?