diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4aabab5..843d0d8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -130,6 +130,31 @@ You've reinvented numbered bank accounts.» Find more in [**`Nouriel_Roubini.yml` »**](Nouriel_Roubini.yml) +### SEC Investor Education + +Ponzi schemes require a constant flow of new money to survive. +When it becomes hard to recruit new investors, +or when large numbers of existing investors cash out, +these schemes collapse. + + § + +Ponzi scheme "red flags" - High returns with little or no risk: +Every investment carries some degree of risk, +and investments yielding higher returns typically involve more risk. +Be highly suspicious of any "guaranteed" [number-go-up to-the-moon] "investment" opportunity. + + § + +Ponzi scheme "red flags" - Avoid too-good-to-be-true "investments" with claims like: +- "To the moon! To the mars!" +- "Number go up!" +- "Yearly return of 300+% in 2020!" +- "Could quadruple in 2021 and rally to $100,000!" + +Find more in [**`SEC_Investor_Education.yml` »**](SEC_Investor_Education.yml) + + ### Trolly McTrollface, Bitcoin Greater Fool Court Jester