Watched the whole thing...very good. Love the woman who sold her stake in Microsoft to buy AMLN (whatever that was/is). Aaargghhh.
My aunt and uncle (baby boomers) with no children, sold their home in 1997 for $190,000 and moved out of state. They "early retired" or what we later found out started leveraging themselves in the tech stock sector. They got that 190K up to 1M.
My grandfather who lived through the great depression, told them in 1999 to sell - and sell it ALL. He too was an investor, but more of the Warren Buffet type -- slow, steady, solid, dividend paying/increasing companies that had been around for decades. He TOLD THEM that what they were doing was unsustainable - to take the money, pay the taxes, and RUN!
They told him he was an old fool who was behind the times, and they knew what they were doing...
Naturally, a few months later the tech bubble burst. Aunt and Uncle watched their 1M in investments sink to about 50K (maybe even less). My grandfather even said to me, "Can you believe they rode it all the way to the bottom?"
They had to move home, near penniless, and live in a tiny one bedroom apartment. Uncle had to return to his old job. My aunt developed mental health problems. Uggh...it was difficult to watch. Even in 1999, you could have sold your 1M in stocks, paid the taxes, invested the difference in a 6% CD and been VERY comfortable.
The documentary definitely reaffirms that slow and steady wins the race.