One possibility is that mathematical expertise, a charactertrait possessed by many investors and typically seen as a desirable feature for that vocation, promotes linear thinking.
While risk-taking can be beneficial in small doses, this charactertrait can too easily lead someone to treat investing as he or she might treat gambling, with all the potential for gambling that entails.
And such was the former midfielder's dedication, a charactertrait of some of the current Wales squad Toshack questioned as he stood down, he failed to answer just seven Wales calls in his 10-year international career.