Private Placements are
not the Slow Cooker

Things to know:

1. As of Dec. 2025,10.56% is the average total returns of the  S&P 500 since 1957.

2. The private placement pitch is going to be nice.

3. There are going to be "other" rich investors, and hey, all these rich folks cant be wrong. Or can they?

4. The sales pitch is going to play on the instincts that helped you become a professional athlete. 

"Industry experts estimate that only one in 30 of the highest -caliber private investment deals works out as advertise."

Source: Pablo S. Torre. How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke. Sports Illustrated. March 23 2009.

 That is a 3.33% chance of success.

The odds of winning anything in the Powerball, including the six ways you can win $7 or less, are 1-25

https://www.powerball.com/powerball-prize-chart

 That is a 4% chance of success.

The next time you are thinking about writing a $500,000 check for a private placement deal, I want you to think and answer this question,

 Would I go to the gas station and spend $500,000 on lottery tickets? Is that a good investment?