InvestedInvested examines the perennial and nefarious appeal of financial advice manuals. Who hasnt wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and otherwise, have guaranteed that they alone can illuminate the golden pathway to prosperitydespite strong evidence to the contrary. In fact, too often, they are singing a siren song of devastation. And yet we keep listening.