My dad once invested alot of money into this one pharmaceutical company by way of the stock market. I think he bought some 250 shares @ $20 per share...something like that... well anyway, my dad did a bunch of research on the company, asked around how the company was doing and watched stock reports. In every case, they told him: "This company is great, its for sure going to pay off." Well it didn't. I think right now its at $10 per share. Sucks, doesn't it? He invested so much and it a sense made things worse. I dunno what he has done with the shares though...