Investors generally buy gold because gold prices continue to rise, and it does not depreciate. Persons approaching retirement have small experience of buying gold, and they feel comfortable while purchasing gold as compared to mutual fund or stocks, among the other assets, which are most often used in retirement planning, like bonds, stocks and savings accounts. Gold stands out as the only investment plan that is not affected due to the economic crisis. Gold provides safeguard to the investors against the economic crisis and currency variation. People prefer gold investments rather than purchasing or keeping their precious savings in the form of dollar or other currencies. We have seen, especially from 2008-2009, dollar and yen have been fluctuating, and global trend, at all levels, from investment perspectives, is shifting towards gold.