Whooop, everyone thinking gold is going to protect them is stupid. The traditional "hedge against inflation" nonsense these people buy into is hilarious. But hey, congrats on taking 9 years to get back to all time highs... oh wait.. it never did get to ATH and is back below 1800.

The absolute best gold will do for you is allow you to maintain whatever wealth you currently have... it will NOT make you wealthy.

Wealth is when you bought $40,000 in Apple stock in 1998 for $1.98 a share... then split 7 ways a few years ago and now is worth over $51 million. :)