Investing for my sins

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There's a moral dilemma surrounding investing in shares that profit from people's misfortune or vices; some private investors choose to steer clear, preferring to back other firms in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 markets that have their hands, and conscience, clean.

However, others see no harm in taking advantage of potentially, er, harmful companies, instead capitalising by investing in these so-called 'sin stocks'. Where your opinion lies on this matter, that's up to you, but personally I have long been considering adding a few of them to my own portfolio...%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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