I agree, but they were like so many out there...it was all about...

I agree, but they were like so many out there...it was all about the stockmarket...huge gains could be made, huge risks taken...
all the noise on the news and media, its all been about the stocks
like HC, it started up, due to the hype and interest in the stock market...
where every man and his two dogs have been encouraged
to play, for high stake wins...or high stake losses

one had a broker, a conservative type...but ditched him
plus there were loads of companies doing share offers, contact the client direct...and they were taking up those offers

property has been an easy investment, it has 100 years of history....with good growth post the depression
instead of looking at the manipulated property graphs out there on the net...
ask some older relatives, what prices they paid for their houses...for most it was simply a roof over their heads, and they passed them down to the kids....
a very different investment, to the highly manipulated stock market you see today...

most are learning the stock market is now a very high risk game....especially so, in the past 10 years...post the 2000 tech wreck