Getting carried away with investment schemes


IT appears that some of us can be sceptical about anything except the promise of great investment profits. Although these people automatically dismiss every official statement as spin or a lie, they are willing to believe that those with unproven abilities and fuzzy methods can extract strong and steady returns from unpredictable markets.

These cynics are likely to buy every conspiracy theory out there, yet they see no reason to stay away from “surefire” investment schemes.

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