it frankly stuns me that this is still allowed

[thatsjustthewayitis]

Hi, newbies, and others.

I haven't been here for a long while, mostly after the 12dp thing died down so did my interest. It hardly seemed necessary to point out that these things aren't all they might claim they are.

Just let me remind the odd few that don't know already that even a hedge fund that aims for 30% a year is not without significant risk. If anyone claims that per MONTH or even more, have a good look at independant sources, like (I know wikipedia can be edited by anyone, but over time the bias works itself out: )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme