John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:

> > You don't want to all your eggs in that basket of course, but if
> > you have a portion of money that can stand a little risk, why
> > not?
>
> Er, because I wouldn't be able to spend it on rare books/antiques! I do buy
> quite a lot for resale, and that certainly helps to subsidise my own
> collecting, but if I have any "spare" money I'd sooner spend it on building
> up my collections (in which I have an intrinsic interest) than on stocks and
> shares (which are of no intrinsic interest).

Making more money, or more quickly, would give you more money to spend on your
collection, without much effort on your part. You could have been a
multimillionaire on Yahoo! stocks. Or if instead of trying to buy a house for
my own family, I put up two apartment buildings for rent, I could be making
more than my current salary doing nothing.