NMF OHG - WHY SHOULD WE BUY GOLD? We are living times of recession, when the world economic and monetary policies are seriously questioned. Governments and financial authorities are striving to meet their responsibilities in point of providing the adequate guidance for the market. If we look at the ways people used to surpass major economic crises, we will see that gold investments generally prevailed. Gold is traditionally seen as holding intrinsic value. As opposed to shares, stocks or paper money, gold is a tangible product, which successfully managed to maintain its purchasing power over the years. The value of stocks and bonds depends on the evolution of the market and currencies fluctuate function of the overall economic growth. They may also be dramatically affected by political or social crises. Gold, nevertheless, remains mainly unchanged in terms of the services and commodities it can buy in time, along both inflationary and deflationary periods.