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Old 06-08-2016, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by nat View Post
If you're an ordinary guy looking to invest his savings, you're not only looking at expected ROI, you're also looking at the probability that you're going to lose everything. Maybe the expected ROI on Mantles is really really high, but there's also a chance that this is a huge bubble and you'll be left holding the bag. If that happens, you're ruined. And avoiding being ruined is extraordinarily important.
Whereas the stock market didn't drop more than 50 percent the last time it crashed.
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