@I_Am_Nobody If we go back to a Gold standard the price of gold will iether skyrocket or be actually 'reset'  (Like the Fed did recalibrating gold from $20 / oz to $35 overnight in 1935 or thereabouts ) HOWEVER There is a BIG difference in a scenario like this between holding Physical Bullion in your hand or in a private safe, as opposed to holding 'paper gold' MANY 401k's DO NO PERMIT you to hold physical gold I created a personal super fund so that i could get actual physical, bc all my 'managed funds' providers here in Australia only offered paper gold 'paper gold' stands to lose big-time in a shift to a Gold Standard why? Because its fraudulent I think right now if everyone holding a contract that claimed they have ownership to a piece of real gold cashed in those contracts tomorrow & everyone took delivery, there would be about 300 claimants for every ounce of gold im not kidding. In fact, thats the very mechanism theyve bee using to suppress the price of Gold as money supply and banking credit escalate exponentially  so my advice is, get actual bullion, not contracts for gold possession supposedly kept in some bankers vault. Otherwise, shares in gold miners can be good - as they will also benefit bigtime - but thats a company to company prospect, & you have to really do your homework before you can be confident you have the right miners. With mining company shares, you have a potential upside magnitudes larger than the price of gold - but you can also buy a dud company and lose it all, so there's more downside, too.  and p.s - the upside for Silver bullion is even greater than gold