Want To Be Rich? Do What The Rich Do!
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Stop listening to what the idiots on the financial news say and start paying attention to what the movers and shakers of this world are doing. George Soros says gold is "the ultimate-bubble", but goes and buys a bunch of gold. In the world of trading, this is called "talking your book."

China and India are desperately looking to diversify out of their failing fiat currency holdings and the only logical option is gold. The dollar will fail, the euro will fail... all paper currencies will reach their intrinsic value of zero.

Gold, at this point, is not a commodity. It's trading patterns indicate that it is now being treated as the ultimate currency. As the stability of the world degenerates into cyclical chaos gold will increasingly be sought-after as an anchor in an uncertain world.

Remember that we are in a paradigm-shift in power. The west is in decline and the east is on the ascent. The dollar, which used to be "as good as gold" is now a relic of the past. Gold is now taking on the temporary role of ultimate currency. Sometime in the future, gold will again be replaced by a quasi-fiat substitute. My guess is that the yuan will be the next "reserve currency" backed by the "full faith and credit of the Chinese people".. or perhaps a pan-asian currency... but this is all speculation on my part. In any case, until this happens, gold is where you need to be.