you can be the sceptic or "readin between" it all ..make an informed, calculated decision. Contacted has made some excellent points, those are real. if you're in for the long term ..be it property or stockmarkets ..there are returns
the crashes the stockmarket has witnessed is more to do with "maturin" process of investors, and less to do with the spinners
consider this, with the current climate that we're in ..possibilities of re-evaluation of the dirham, dollar unpeg, creation of a common (gulf) currency based on a basket of currencies etc will at some point be debated by the principals. the 1m "loss" in one place gets the injection of similar, possibly more from other unrelated areas
bottom line, investment of any kind is an investment ..and cannot be the easiest with no guarantees on returns. you're not gettin any smarter by seekin advice of self-proclaimed investment advisors, or people "who have been there", do what you think is right, when you think its right