let me give you an idea of what i am trying to say.
I have no desire to trade in gold so to speak.
So if i have say 50,000 sitting in a bank account doing nothing and barely making any interest would it be better to convert that 50,000 into gold and hide it.

and always be insured that the gold is worth the 50,000 if the banks fell over, or someone scammed me out of my savings.

I cant be scammed out of my gold if i have it buried in my back yard so to speak.
Leon