Vice Fund

  

Oh, this has to have started in Miami, right?

Crickets.

Check out the Mutual Fund Ticker: VICEX. A vice fund is an oh so cynical investment view that "vice always sells." And, for the most part, historically, it has been apt. Tobacco, porn (think about the primary early drivers of FB and GOOG), gambling, fast food, etc. have proven to be excellent investments over long periods of time. So a vice fund unapologetically invests in the Dark Side of humanity which, for better or worse, is a vastly more reliable side than the other.

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