Dodgy Investment Time

Old Apr 14th 2013, 10:38 am
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It couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of lads
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...flounders.html
Meanwhile, does anybody recall a reported scam where British investors were sold bonds or such like assuring a 9-10% annual return so long as a group of selected high profile equities did not fall by more than 25% in a year?
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Originally Posted by mentalist
It couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of lads
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...flounders.html
Meanwhile, does anybody recall a reported scam where British investors were sold bonds or such like assuring a 9-10% annual return so long as a group of selected high profile equities did not fall by more than 25% in a year?
Do you reckon they were given villas / deposits in return for a picture advertising it?

Deposit for them is pennies, I feel a bit for folk who invested their savings and may not have the huge chunks of cash to fall back on. Still, international property speculation is a gamble eh Mentalhead.
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Do you reckon they were given villas / deposits in return for a picture advertising it?

Deposit for them is pennies, I feel a bit for folk who invested their savings and may not have the huge chunks of cash to fall back on. Still, international property speculation is a gamble eh Mentalhead.
Yeh, it has to be much safer to buy in Stoke on Trent, eh Scampi?
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Dodgy Investment Time-all_gizah_pyramids.jpgMore money than sense...
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Originally Posted by mentalist
Yeh, it has to be much safer to buy in Stoke on Trent, eh Scampi?
Buying off plan in the MENA region surely warrants a bit of risk management, don't you think?

Maybe moreso than in Stoke on Helmet.
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Buying off plan in the MENA region surely warrants a bit of risk management, don't you think?

Maybe moreso than in Stoke on Helmet.
I would rather wipe my arse with 1000 notes than put a deposit on something off plan in the MENA region.
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Originally Posted by britexpat76
I would rather wipe my arse with 1000 notes than put a deposit on something off plan in the MENA region.
Remind me, how is the apartment on that offshore island in Lebanon coming along?
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Originally Posted by britexpat76
I would rather wipe my arse with 1000 notes than put a deposit on something off plan in the MENA region.
Investing in property in the MENA area is rather like fueling a fire with £50 notes. Buying the GCC states is uncertainness you cannot predict what the next ruler is going to decree, and as Arabs are notoriously irrattic, I'd rather put all my money on red at a casino. The odds are better.
There should be reciprocal agreement with property - if you're from the UAE, then if you do not have residency in the UK, then out you go. Will never happen, because the British government are too far up the GCC state's arse.....
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Originally Posted by mentalist
It couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of lads
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...flounders.html
Meanwhile, does anybody recall a reported scam where British investors were sold bonds or such like assuring a 9-10% annual return so long as a group of selected high profile equities did not fall by more than 25% in a year?
I couldn't care less about premiership footballers being gullible, greedy fools.

The 'scam' I think you are referring to is something known as a precipice bond. It is an investment structure where you receive a stated annual return, but the return of capital at the end of the specificed term is dependent on the performance of known indices or a basket of shares. It's not a scam where the risk is properly explained, but too many people chase the high annual income, ignoring the risk.

Many similar plans have been fine in growth markets, but obviously capital is eroded (often with a stop loss) in a falling market. You really cannot buck market trends, but it's always someone else's fault when people lose out, even when it actually isn't. And that's exactly why it's important to get information or advice in writing and read it. If you don't understand what is being suggested, then walk away.
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Originally Posted by britexpat76
I would rather wipe my arse with 1000 notes than put a deposit on something off plan in the MENA region.
Locals in MENA are way too schrewd & dishonest & unethical to invest with , unless one has a robust legal system to count on.
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Originally Posted by Boomhauer
unless one has a robust legal system to count on.
That answers that then mate..........
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Originally Posted by britexpat76
That answers that then mate..........
No shit, Sherlock!
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