Timeline for Why can't you just have someone invest for you and split the profits (and losses) with him?
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| Aug 25, 2021 at 20:59 | comment | added | user12515 | Counterpoint - one could very easily offer this service by investing half of the money they are given, and then returning the results of that investment after a year. The other half of the money they could put in a risk-free investment (the "exchangers" in the story). That amount might be very small, especially in today's interest rate environment, but there was no risk and very little work to obtain it. | |
| Sep 15, 2016 at 0:15 | comment | added | cordwainer | Thank you JoeTaxpayer - I should have thought to do that myself! | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 19:35 | comment | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | Interesting answer, I added a link for those not familiar with the premise of the story you referenced. | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 19:33 | history | edited | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 18:34 | history | answered | cordwainer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |