I've invested in the food-vendors for certain school districts. These companies became entrenched, and are often sole-source providers of mandated "healthy snack foods" on campuses.
However, recently, it's come to light that certain politicians, including (even some 8th grade class vice-President), have been involved in circumventing the Schools' enforcement of "sole-source-selling", and "zero-tolerance of junk-food". I'm afraid the company I own shares of will be in a turf-war with these kids.
The excessively lenient punishment of stripping (without due process) the VP of his office; barring him from the honors dance; and suspending him from school has me really worried about the security of my investments.
If we're going to just let these people get away with breaking our monopoly strangle-hold on childrens' food, what's next - sharing furtive sips of the odd soda?
I want to know if my investment is safe - or should I pull all my money out to buy Gold?
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What you have is an investment in an unethical monopoly that just begs for government intervention.
When they fall, they're going to fall hard.
But I wouldn't invest in gold when it's at historic highs.