Do your clients invest for the thrill of it?

Geoff Davey | finametrica | 21 May 2012

Have you ever invested a large sum in a risky investment mainly for the “thrill” of seeing whether it went up or down in value? Have your clients?

I have never done that and wouldn't even dream of doing it. Back in the days when I was a practicing advisor, I would never have asked my clients that question for fear of offending them by suggesting that they might just have done something so unwise.

But you might be surprised, as I was, by how many people actually...