Off Topic Investment opportunity

This looks a canny investment and unless QPR goes to the wall you can't lose out. 8% return every year and if they're promoted within 5 years you get a 25% bonus...

QPR Bond launched to kickstart new training ground project

 

Whilst attractive, 8% isn't a great return, but the additonal 25% makes it even more attractive, and I presume that there'll be options at the end that could make it even better (I haven't read the link) and some sort of preferential treatment for their games

 

8% per annum? I'm not sure where else I'd find that. My ISA's certainly don't give me that!

 

It's not 8% it's 5%. The other 3% is money off club stuff, tickets and merchandise.

Saying that even 5% is an excellent return if it's guaranteed. Put £10,000 in and you'd get back £2,500 in the 5 years plus another £2,500 if they get promoted during that time. I don't understand why they want to finance it like this, they could get money cheaper using more traditional sources of finance.

 

You know the old saying.

 

I hadn't picked up on that bit. Cheers

 

My target is nearly double that return (to reach the target of doubling values for my people in each 5 year period, and I nearly always achieve it . . . . the rare times when I don't, I'm just a kick in the arse off, and I usually exceed by a good few bob)

 

The only place I am getting more than that is my peer to peer account with Funding Circle, currently returning 7.4%

 

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5% unsecured doesn't seem that good to be honest

 

Sounds far too good to be true to me.

 

Just read down to the bottom of the article:-
Please note that investment in a security of this nature, being an illiquid investment, involves a substantial degree of risk and returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not an indicator of future results.

 

A bloke tried to sell me an investment opportunity in soil fertility. Turned out it was a pile of ****