A good general principle is that if you don't understand an investment, you shouldn't buy it. However, what appear to be 'get rich quick' schemes can always attract subscribers, although if the returns appear to be too good to true, they often are. Levels of financial education are not generally high. However, if a brand you trust offers something, you may be tempted. That is particularly the case when it is something you identify with as strongly as a football club. 18 to 45 year old individuals that are affluent or emerging affluent and attend matches at top clubs are attracted by novel forms of investment. Football clubs themselves are often attracted to risky products because they offer an apparent means of boosting financial returns. Although one shouldn't make too much of one week's trading markets are currently in a volatile state, enhanced by geopolitical tensions, not least those between the United States and China. In recent years, a number of ...