You entirely missed the point. Notice the little qualifying phrase, "given time"? Yes, in a crisis, gold is not worth much to you. But if you want a method of r

You entirely missed the point. Notice the little qualifying phrase, "given time"? Yes, in a crisis, gold is not worth much to you. But if you want a method of retaining wealth that is guaranteed to be convertable in almost any country in the world, you need gold.