Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American...
by vertex-four on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:15PM
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Yes, but you now don't have a job, even if you get paid for every hour you worked. Jobseekers is only a partial safety net. On the other hand, nearly everyone who saw their shares in Thomas Cook go to 0 had investments in a number of other things, so only took a minor hit.
The risk of investing is, in the large, "my £10,000 might be worth £9,500 tomorrow", not "tomorrow I might lose my job through no fault of my own and suddenly have to make a major lifestyle change".
The risk of investing is, in the large, "my £10,000 might be worth £9,500 tomorrow", not "tomorrow I might lose my job through no fault of my own and suddenly have to make a major lifestyle change".