Is that coercion? No.
If I offer you 50 stock options, rather than the $100 raise - who's fault is that for accepting?
Had the stock gone UP, would people have complained? No.
The whole point of the "diverse investments" that most advisors hammer on, is if you put all of your eggs in one basket.......
If they didn't get the advice, or ignored it, hoping to get richer, sooner, that's their choice - that's why its a *risk* in investing.
Somebody made money. Just not them.
OT: Already answered that one in the other forum. :) (yep)
Addison