n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoGold for houselemmy.caimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down1128file-text
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minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoSo what you’re saying is I should invest in gold because it increases in price at the same rate as housing? So I never actually make any progress? And then in the end I just have a bunch of gold? Why wouldn’t I just buy the house then?
minus-squareSkalbagge@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoWell you can buy gold little by little and in the end you sell it and buy a house.
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoOr as somebody pointed out you can invest in an index fund and get higher returns
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoNo, you’re missing the point. Invest in housing.
So what you’re saying is I should invest in gold because it increases in price at the same rate as housing?
So I never actually make any progress? And then in the end I just have a bunch of gold? Why wouldn’t I just buy the house then?
Well you can buy gold little by little and in the end you sell it and buy a house.
Or as somebody pointed out you can invest in an index fund and get higher returns
Gold doesn’t require maintenance
No, you’re missing the point. Invest in housing.