People don't refer to gold, or buying a house a "saving" either, but they definitely see it as safe haven values, and not as their money being "actively" invest

People don't refer to gold, or buying a house a "saving" either, but they definitely see it as safe haven values, and not as their money being "actively" invested (even as they do bear risks and are fiscally categorized as investments). For people I talked to, beating inflation was their base goal.