It was a risk you took and it didn't play out well for you. The whole point of steemit was to earn reward from content and your comparison to trading the same amount of money you had investment is kind of out of order. Still if someone invest such money when there was a dip in the price of Steem, am sure he would also be telling a complete opposite story to what you are saying. Don't get me wrong, all you ve stated are true but you got it wrong were you thought and also likened steemit to an investment scheme. It's not and it will never be. You took a gamble and it didn't play out the way you had expected. The market is very unstable at this point with the launch of Smt, if Steem gains more value in the future I hope you put up a similar post saying how your investment paid off. Peace!!