Peter makes a great point about the value of gold and how stable it is. People think that gold is a bubble, when in reality, it reflects the actual value of a currency that it is demominated in. For example, for the last few hundred years, an ounce of gold was enough to buy a finely tailored men's suit. Three ounces of silver has been equivalent to filling up your car with a tank of gas for the last hundred years. There isn't a bubble in gold...its the currency that is dying.