Are higher returns really that much riskier…

It’s been about twelve months since the world’s banking system went into meltdown. You’d think that the banks who were helped out would be still licking their wounds and trying to stay under the radar to avoid bad publicity.

But that doesn’t seem to be the reality. As it happens for some banks and financial institutions the last twelve months have been very profitable and headlines are again pointing the finger at huge bonuses for bank employees whilst the man in the street still struggles.

Is it any surprise then that when I see a television advert here in the UK proudly proclaiming that if I would hand over a mere £10,000 the bank would deign to give me 4.2% per annum return on my investment that I say some rather choice words under my breath?

Do they really think that we are that stupid to believe that such a paltry return is all that we deserve? Personally I feel totally dumbfounded, so it’s no surprise I spent many of the last few years searching for returns that are more acceptable.

The question now of course is what return should we consider acceptable. Rather than go into a whole lot of debate about this let me pin my colours to the mast and say that a return of 5% a week is not unreasonable.

In fact it may be more than this but I don’t believe much more than this is sustainable for the long run. How do I know this is possible? Well, the answer is very easy as there are several programmes that have been paying these sorts of returns for many years and they have the ability to continue at this level for the forseeable future.

Rather than provide names here I’ll ask you to do a little something for me before you find out. Just sign up for my private newsletter and I will provide you with details of programmes that provide such returns.

I’ll admit these programmes aren’t quite as convenient as your local bank but the little extra time needed in getting an account is paid back many times over by the increased returns.