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Old 09-16-2021, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Toymeister View Post
I've been to twenty to thirty of these. Had I followed the advise at the first one five years ago I would have 45% less in investments today. With that knowledge I'll go if the venue is nice. It's easy to say no.

The quality of the presentation does vary wildly. Some are actually pretty good but that is the minority.

Useless fact, those that go for the meal (but have no intentions of buying) are known as plate lickers
How would your investments be down 45% from 5 years ago? The stock market is up thousands from then. Would you have invested in Enron?