Leonidas
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Good luck to you and your family on this issue Fuego. I'm sorry that we couldn't dissuade you, but it's a family issue and in those things there is always a lot more at stake than just money.
Of course, money is involved, which leads me to a question and a point.
My point is to say that gold is at record high prices, and if it were to start falling it could really go down rapidly. I guess I just want to make sure that you have factored in that your security on this "loan" is a little shaky.
The whole loan thing is shaky as hell, but your security on it is perhaps even shakier than betting on an addict being able to stop being addicted just because her family wants her to. One of my favorite quotes about investing in gold is; "When gold goes up, it takes the stairs. When gold goes down, it rides the express elevator."
Of course, money is involved, which leads me to a question and a point.
My question is, there's not $23K in gold jewelry there now? Or is actually selling it only in event of Armageddon?...gold is the main source of savings... Gold is typically held in the form of 24k jewelry. They pay only a small mark up above what the gold itself is worth as bullion. So when I say I'm going to keep SIL's gold as security, this is just money and savings to them. There may be some emotional attachment to the jewelry, but at the end of the day it is just a good store of value from their point of view. And I would have no problem going down to the pawn shop or local scrap metals dealer and getting the best value for the gold as I could get should I need to get repaid.
My point is to say that gold is at record high prices, and if it were to start falling it could really go down rapidly. I guess I just want to make sure that you have factored in that your security on this "loan" is a little shaky.
The whole loan thing is shaky as hell, but your security on it is perhaps even shakier than betting on an addict being able to stop being addicted just because her family wants her to. One of my favorite quotes about investing in gold is; "When gold goes up, it takes the stairs. When gold goes down, it rides the express elevator."