When Mom and Dad tearfully recounted to me what happened, I stood there, frozen with disbelief. I didn’t understand everything, but I got the gist of it. Something about an investment that Dad’s work friend told him about . . . something about how promising the presentation sounded . . . something about how over the prior two years, Mom, Dad, Auntie, and Apong diverted the bulk of their retirement and savings to be managed by that friend-of-a-friend financial planner . . . something about impressive returns . . . something about how over the last month the guy stopped communicating . . .
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Tell me you know nothing about finance without telling me you know nothing about finance.
