Fools and Their Money
There are 80,508 individuals with net assets of at least 50 million dollars in the U.S., according to Statista, and who doesn't want to join their ranks? But most of the truly rich got that way through capital gains — selling property and investments — and by owning businesses. Trying to get rich quick without a stock market killing or genius business idea can make people susceptible to scams, schemes, and downright bad ideas. Here are 18 ways you can go broke trying to get rich.
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