Robert John Johnson
South African investment fraud subject from Bloemfontein; director of JM Investments who fled the country in February 2020 and was tracked by investigative journalists
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Jul 24, 2026
11:45
So I'm guessing it was like that promise, if you wanna put it, promise of that 4% per month vibe was just too, too high, right? It wasn't sustainable.
Robert John JohnsonGUEST
The 3% to 4% that in the beginning was quite easily achievable, um, you know, there was even a buffer of when months went bad.
Robert John JohnsonGUEST
Then you have a scenario when- One trade takes out 20% of the portfolio.
Robert John JohnsonGUEST
It was never actually the pressure of the monthly because there was initially a buffer built, you know, for market conditions.
Robert John JohnsonGUEST
But when you over-leverage or maybe a bit overconfident about something, um, yeah, that, that was the problem.
13:33
Like what, what would you like to say to those people that, that did lose a lot of their money and their, their retirements?