Cars and certain investment products are complex, yes but that's where the similarity ends. People don't generally buy cars with the expectation of a return lik

Cars and certain investment products are complex, yes but that's where the similarity ends. People don't generally buy cars with the expectation of a return like is typical for investments. The article was complaining about how complexity can impede sussing out how much risk a sufficiently informed investor might be exposed to from owning a complex security, this is a different kind of risk from not being sufficiently informed while actively using a complex product (like your car example).