I think mining as much as buying a bitcoin is dependent if people have a lot of cash going to buy bitcoin tau will be at risk of loss or profit when people are afraid to spend the money better mine but mining also does not need to cost a bit. I prefer to buy rather than mining, because it does not take much of your time and money because in mining you need to focus your time almost every time you need to stay alert and active on the internet while in buying you just to monitor the price you say yourself spike in price if it will happen then is not the right time to buy bitcoin
I really could not understand what you are telling here, are you talking about some other things than mining, the most amount of time you need to spend is if you are trading with bitcoin as you need to follow the market and foresee what is going on but with mining if you have the proper hardware it is a good option but the initial investment you need is higher so i would rather purchase the coins rather than spending money for mining hardware as there is a new upgrade which will make the old ones obsolete.