re: *******gold crashing*************
Unfortunately you believe Gold is a standard of life. Strong economies relate to dollars and are considered safe havens and they fluctuate. Gold is only a commodity that we use for jewellery . Countries manufacturing services and industries are far more important{ Trillions of dollars}.
Only if you consider a apocolase will Gold truelly come in to play as there is always some economy doing better than the other.
As European economy goes down, US$ goes up ,vice verser.