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Personal Money Management Co.
John Lopez
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- Company / entity
- Personal Money Management Co.
- Industry
- Algorithmic stock and bond trading / investment advisory
- How investors were recruited
- Clients primarily in northern New Mexico
- Pitch & red flags
- Claimed he "developed a sophisticated algorithm for trading stocks and bonds" with above-market returns; promised 10-19% annual returns; one offering claimed "42% annual rate of return over 20 years"
Pitch phrases from this case
- “42% annual rate of return over 20 years”
- “developed a sophisticated algorithm for trading stocks and bonds”
Source
U.S. Department of Justice official
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