This arrangement would ensure that funds would be available to cover both principal and interest payments even though, over the three years CCC credits take to mature, there may be substantial erosion in the price of gold.

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Goldsticker says his tontine annuity snuffs out the murder motive by using a large employee pool and paying out both interest and principal, so the last one alive doesn't get a huge windfall.

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