Brydo, “the value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and you may not get back the amount you originally invested” as I’m sure you know!
My father, who invested far too heavily in his local bookie, advised me if I made any money to put it in property or gold and that stocks and shares and horseracing were two ends of the same swindle.
I tried to take his advice but seem to have ended up with just a mortgage and some gold cufflinks.