A Safe Way to Earn Ten Percent

A man asked me where he could find a safe way to earn ten percent. I said there was none. Would he settle for a 3% long-term treasury bond?

He became irate. Once again demanded a safe way to earn ten percent. I said there was none. Would he settle for some 6% junk bonds?

He went livid. Once again demanded a ten percent safe return. I said there was none. Would he settle for rolling the dice in the stock market?

I've never seen so much anger come out of a single person. There was steam coming out of his ears. It was at this point that I suggested that he think up his own infestment.

And do you know what he screamed next?

There is no f in investment!

Which is funny, because that's exactly what I had been trying to tell him for the past five minutes! No f'in investment indeed! ;)