Precisely that's what happening: he is just desperate to sell his story. But he is not even consistent, and when he wants to convince noobs and naive users to buy into the scam then he admits that IOTA is an investment ponzi...
Nay, "ROI" is a slang word. Try harder.
That portion of the quote is not the relevant one
I am seeing 10-15x ROI after 2 months, even without a beta! That outperforms any other investment you can even imagine.