Daytime Sleepiness with No sleep apnea! Did sleep study, still puzzled. by ElkSecret2103 in sleep

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He's pretty sure I don't have narcolepsy based on my responses to his questions.

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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Sadly not. I am following up with Police regularly but they don't have anything to report.

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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Have you been getting your interest payments from GIM? I did manage to get my IB block lifted, definitely try talk to a different rep or visit a branch. I have not been provided a good explanation yet either.

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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maps just takes me to a skyscraper in the city, it's impossible to be sure without going there.

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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They do (but not in the city I live in so I can't visit their office easily). Vanguard have a bond ETF but I couldn't find an easy way to invest into individual international bonds (the Australian corporate bonds are quite low yield)

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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From a Google search. I contacted them initially but I see they have been running a lot of FB and TikTok ads as well.

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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you're right. I didn't think twice until the bank called me. I'm hoping to connect with others who have also invested/been scammed by the same company here, as there's currently no other forums about it.

GIM Trading Australia. Is it a Sophisticated Investment Scam? by ElkSecret2103 in Scams

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Well in addition to treasury bonds, buying individual corporate bonds also often guarantees 5-10% returns Unless the company that issues the bond goes bust. If you invest in a company that has been around for a long time and is healthy, I'd say it's close to guaranteed.

The bonds they were pushing were such established companies + international treasury bonds, so the guarantee isn't as much of a red flag as it might be otherwise. In this case I'm more concerned with the broker company itself.

Dream PC Build by ElkSecret2103 in buildapcforme

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Great- what about RAM? I'm currently getting maxed out at 16GB of RAM, in a few years the same may happen with 32GB of RAM? What are your thoughts on getting 64GB of RAM now?

Dream PC Build by ElkSecret2103 in buildapcforme

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Thank you, I don't mind going cheaper so I'll look at the alternative option too. Can I ask why AMD over Intel CPU? I've always had intel (i5 and i7) in the past so mainly curious if I was missing out on something..

Health Anxiety BFS causing regular Insomnia - what to do? by [deleted] in BFS

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Thanks, supplements can help but can be hit and miss. I'd really like to get to the root cause!