Bangalore: People often speak about the best investments they have made in their life. But when the matter of worse investments comes, none of them like to reveal the mistakes they committed. Avoiding bad investments is as important as adopting good ones. Here are some of the worst investments that you can ever make: Partnerships Business partnerships can be really tough and getting out of a bad one can be even worse. If you plan carefully in the beginning of the relationship, you can avoid lots of trouble. Limited partnership is the most common type of financial partnership, involving a general partner and one or more limited partners. But investors never redeem their initial investments because of deferred taxes. If you are investing in a partnership business, do it wisely and make sure it doesn't give additional power to the partner.