Because it has real value,similar to land but does not come with the debt or the fact taxes have to be paid or you lose it. I think things could go to a point that we can not imagine as far as what we have been used to. I am not saying we need everything we have in metals, that wont work, but it is something that needs to be owned. I just think about the crazy stuff I would hear about that could happen 7 years ago. It has happened pretty much and marching on to more. We all just need to wake up. Why are central banks buying it, why are states making it legal tender and becoming holders of it. Look at what Mo. and Tn. and several others have done lately. What do they know?