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Old Dec 15, 2005 | 12:33 PM
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sorry, my error. 12dailypro is a Ponzi scheme, not a pyramid. Either way, the program is a fraud.
Old Dec 15, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Dec 15 2005, 12:18 PM
Llamas are a much better investment...
don't forget the alpacas
http://www.ilovealpacas.com/
Old Dec 15, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by no_really,Dec 15 2005, 01:33 PM
12dailypro is a Ponzi scheme . . . .
I was about to write the same thing.
Old Dec 15, 2005 | 02:13 PM
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For a real investment opportunity, I was talking with a friend of mine just this morning. He was telling me about a method his company uses to sell market volatility. To simplify it slightly, their clients buy a 1-year US Treasury Bill and sell a put option on a stock. In practice, the transactions are bundled and divided into shares - bonds, essentially - and sold to their clients. For the last four years they have been averaging about 11% annual returns on AA-rated to AAA-rated bonds. If the transaction costs could be lowered, the returns would be more in the 14% - 15% range.

We're going to write up a white paper on this and publish it as a downloadable e-book. I'm sure that other money managers will be interested in the idea, as well as investors.

We plan to publish other e-books as well on similar topics.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 06:27 AM
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SEC shuts down $50 mln Internet Ponzi scheme

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060228/tc_nm/sec_dc


<nelson> HAAAA Haaaa </nelson> OP.

I wonder how that convention went?
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveZ,Feb 28 2006, 10:27 AM
SEC shuts down $50 mln Internet Ponzi scheme

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060228/tc_nm/sec_dc


<nelson> HAAAA Haaaa </nelson> OP.

I wonder how that convention went?
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveZ,Feb 28 2006, 10:27 AM
SEC shuts down $50 mln Internet Ponzi scheme

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060228/tc_nm/sec_dc


<nelson> HAAAA Haaaa </nelson> OP.

I wonder how that convention went?
Ain't that a kick on the pants?
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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BURN!!

I edited the top link slightly so that no one would click on it first with out reading the rest of the posts.

I'll leave this thread as a reminder not to be a dumbass
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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"If it's too good to be true, than it probably is."
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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ditto



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