• Sundray@lemmus.org
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    2 days ago

    There are places in the world you could live an easy life for quite a long while on US$500,000.

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      Oh for sure. Keep working, throw it in a low-risk low-yield index and use the interest to supplement your income. A modest 5% return gives you an extra 25k a year.

      But as others have pointed out, the real problem comes from the awkward questions that come from trying to convert the gold into cash.

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