http://johnyoung13.point2agent.com/blogs/john_young/archive/2008/10/23/real-estate-is-gold-standard-of-economy.aspxWhen I was a child I was taught that the US dollar was backed by gold. In fact, the very gold stored in Fort Knox was the "gold standard" by which the US dollar had and held such high value and esteem the world over. Gold was replaced by positiveenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)