Investing Quote by Mitchell Zuckoff

“My favorite pre-Ponzi schemer was known as '520 Percent Miller' because he promised 10 percent returns a week, or 520 percent a year. Of course he was just using new investors' money to pay old investors, and soon he was on the lam.” quote by Mitchell Zuckoff — Download Open image

“My favorite pre-Ponzi schemer was known as '520 Percent Miller' because he promised 10 percent returns a week, or 520 percent a year. Of course he was just using new investors' money to pay old investors, and soon he was on the lam.”

Mitchell Zuckoff

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings)

Investing Investors Known Money My favorite New Old Pay Percent Return Week Years

More by Mitchell Zuckoff

New Guinea was sort of a graveyard for planes.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

“When Norway fell to the Germans the following year, he established the Norwegian Air Force training base known as Little Norway in Canada, to…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

Bob Altman got nothing from the TV series 'M*A*S*H,' and the royalties for the theme song went to his oldest son, Michael, who wrote…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has a special…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

It's not that you make a psychopath. They are - more likely, they come out that way, and they show their stripes over time.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

“THE SLED DOG TEAM PASSES THE PBY DUMBO”

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

There is an interesting parallel between the 'Argo' story and '13 Hours' in that, around the world, we have 285 or so diplomatic outposts…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

I think more and more, in places like Benghazi, in places like Iran, we have to be asking the question, can we trust the…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

I'm a huge Michael Lewis fan.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

I wanted to talk face-to-face with as many people as would see me. Some actors were so busy they could only give me an…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945 that knocked…

Mitchell Zuckoff

Image

Explore all 39 Mitchell Zuckoff quotes

More Investing quotes

Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

Rupert Murdoch

Image

The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

Benjamin Graham

Image

Don't think OF the market. Think AS the market.

Michael Fishman

Image

Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.…

Donnie Yen

Image

The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices.

Tom Peters

Image

“The market was king, that much was clear. Share worth had replaced human worth. And it wasn’t so much a question of what that…

Arne Dahl

Image

Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game…

Kenneth Fisher

Image

The exact details of how you practice value investing will vary investor to investor, but the fundamental principle of scouring the world, looking for…

Whitney Tilson