The financially uninformed are vulnerable and prone to manipulation and abuse by those they have trusted with their financial affairs, whose intentions are to keep them in the dark. It is as a result of this ignorance that most aspiring investors, entrepreneurs and small business owners are unable to make their hard earned income work for them when they have the opportunity to do so.

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