An IRA account can help you put away money towards your retirement. Many people these days are turning to Roth IRA accounts that are backed by gold. The current economic times make people reluctant to leave ‘all their eggs in one basket’. Traditional investments such as stocks, bonds, savings accounts, etc. have been performing poorly and many people have had the value of their accounts go way down. I don’t know about you, but when I am able to retire, I actually want to have enough put away to live on and not have to work. People are beginning to search for alternate ways to make sure their investments retain their value, no matter what the stock market does. Gold has traditionally been an investment that retains it value. Experts see the price of gold continuing to go up for several more years before it plateaus.