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Wish I could downvote this. How many people even understand how compound interest on their bank account works? A conservative way of investing offered by mom &
by t_mann 5y ago
Wish I could downvote this. How many people even understand how compound interest on their bank account works?
A conservative way of investing offered by mom & pop banks where I come from is through funds with capital guarantees (get the return of this portfolio, but at least 95% of what you put in). These are usually created and priced by people with math-heavy PhDs, that's how hard they are to understand. It's safe to say that >99% of investors don't understand them (especially what the exact price for the guarantee is), but they're legitimate regulated products.
- mardifoufs 5y agoYou misread their comment. I think he's saying that people are quick to call anything new that they don't understand, related to finance, a ponzi/pyramid scheme. They aren't arguing that everything in finance is a scam