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谨防葡萄酒投资 作者：林之樱 , Cher Lim 日期 自从互联网泡沫在2000年破灭后，“泡沫”这词儿已经和麻烦扯上关系。近十年，我们常挂在嘴边的麻烦泡沫包括来自房地产，金融，还有正在酝酿的另类投资 – 葡萄酒。在2009年2月份，我被邀上新加坡电台的早安你好节目，为听众解答关于葡萄酒投资的疑问。当时正是金融风暴的开端，全球投资者还没弄清楚美国第一大骗子马多夫的庞氏骗局手段（Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme），我在受访时小心的提出葡萄酒投资不是一个容易发财的方案，风险和其它投资项目一样，不是准赢的。更何况这属于另类投资，在许多国家包括新加坡是没有特定法规来保护投资者。在这里，投资者唯一能做的就是向消费者协会（Consumer Association...