Buy gold bullion

One of my friends called me up to ask me if I knew of any good investment opportunities as he wanted to invest a sizable chunk of money somewhere. He said, however, that he was only looking for safe avenues of investment, as he did not want to risk losing his hard earned money. He has already lost a lot of money in the share market. I told him about the fact that one can buy gold bullion to make money. He said that he found this option to be a good one because gold is a very safe investment. He is planning to go ahead with it right away.