Buy gold?

I guess I should be looking into a few more investment opportunities if I'm going to be able to survive in my retirement years. It seems like the prices of things keep going up. Wages also go up, but not enough to offset the price increases of everyday goods.

I was looking over a review of a place that lets you invest in gold. They actually have a program available that allows you to finance your gold purchase for a reasonable down payment. Gold isn't cheap, but it does seem to increase in value as time goes by so that a purchase now will give a good return on the investment later.

The company I'm talking about is Monex, and they've been in business for over 40 years now. It seems to me that a company with that long of a history is here to stay. Maybe it's time for me to diversify?

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