conversation: User (YouAreOneUglyMutha): "My mother currently lives in NY but is considering moving to the Los Angeles area at some point since her kids now all live there. She doesn't own a home and is typically pretty bad/clueless with money. She's 55 and can retire in about ten years. What is the best/smartest thing she could do with her $50k? Should she put that towards purchasing a home? Paying off debt? Investing in something? Help her, Reddit!"
  Self: "Invest in gold and silver $5000 each. $15000 split into 3 cd's maybe a 1, 3 and 5 year. $20000 put into an ira. Use $5000 for fun :) that's what I would do. "
  