Zero-Risk Investment
An investor's 'risk-free' product is burning your money: zero variance, guaranteed loss.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-07-28-zero-risk-investment/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I've developed a completely risk-free form of investment." B: "Take my money!" / B (watching money burn): "This is a disaster." A: "Exactly! A *guaranteed* disaster! A disaster with *no variance in outcomes*!"