The Swiss and Financial Stability
One of the greatest worries to savers and investors alike is the decreasing value of paper currencies. The dollar just doesn't buy today what it did yesterday. If you reflect back to what the dollar bought at the turn of the century -- a true measure of the dollar's worth is its purchasing power -- you quickly realize just how far the real value of the dollar has eroded.
Switzerland is the only country in the world that still backs its currency with gold. Throughout the ages, only gold has maintained its value; essentially it has not lost any value since Biblical times.
While the value of paper currencies may rise and fall, their general trend is to lose value through inflation. Only gold has retained its value through history.