I believe the confusion is in the term "investment".
"Investing is the active redirecting resources from being consumed today so that they may create benefits in the future; the use of assets to earn income or profit."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment#cite_note-1

But when you say investing in CD players and motorcycles, then i think you have confused everyone on the term investment. Thoose are doodads. Those so called investments are self gratification in nature and have no inherit value other than to the initial purchaser. The word "investment" used in the purchase of those luxury items are used very loosely. It is just post justification of spending large sums of money.

So if you are comparing doodads as a means of investment with diamond, I see why you would say that it is a "damn good investment", because those other things are not what we would call investments. They are called spending money. 

So Silverhawk, like i said in my earlier post, she has a simplistic interpretation of the term investment. So when you talk in terms of ROI, it is not relavant as she compares her diamonds to HiFi's and motorcycles as means of investment. In that sense it is really damn good. 

the term investment is too general... Kiyosaki calls the house you are staying a liability even though one have fully paid it... why? because you still need to pay for maintenance... but banks/accountants calls any property an asset, regardless if its making/loosing money...

so Moorish's "investment" term is really her point of view... and there's no right or wrong about it...

this is a forum and some readers might have their own definition of investment... so don't get do heated up, after all, we're all here to have fun and share thoughts, right?

also... something you bought 10 years ago for a low price and able to sell for a higher price now does not necessarily mean you made money...
e.g. a house you bought 100k 10 years ago and sell at 300k does not mean you made 200k... the current market price for a house is already 300k so, you practically didn't make anything... you are considered making money if the current market price for the house is 250k because you still have extra cash after buying the new house... that's my personal definition... chill

I think I mention you can sell 10X the price you bought right?
And seriously do you expect an expert financial officer to sell diamonds?
If you think it isnt worth the money or it is not worth an investment...that is you
to me it is very good.

We had just went thru this arguement 2 days ago, pls reread instead of argueing the same thing here all over again.