http://www.goldprice.org/
Gold Price

http://www.kitco.com/
Live Current Price of Gold

http://www.financialsense.com/index.php
Financial Sense

http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html
FDIC Failed Bank List

http://www.gold.org
World Gold Council

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold
Definition of Gold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard
Definition of gold as used for a monetary system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_as_an_investment
Definition of Gold as an investment.