I'm by no means convinced allowing investors to take on more than 1% risk is a good thing.
The problem I see is that if they can take on significant risk per bet then it removes all incentive for anyone to actually play the game. Why would someone take on the role of player (with the odds against them) if they can expose their capital rapidly but with the odds in their favour?
Investment MUST be slow and steady profit - to force gamblers into taking on the player role and accepting the bad odds.
I agree almost completely. I was kinda on the fence about increasing risk on investing, and in any case my thoughts were that 5% was a rather high ceiling, but I think you just clarified my gut instinct rather well. There is necessarily a distinction between investors and bettors, and I think 5% is too much. What is the actual delineating line? I dunno. Perhaps more than 1%, I'm open to that. But too much may encourage losing the bankroll.