"<span>Investments in stocks have the possibility of losing money" is true. They are risky, but many people from all walks of life tent to put some of their money</span> in the stock market.
That in the future it would no longer be independent, that they would be engulfed by the Nazis.
The believed that Japan would surrender after such a large scale attack. They also thought it was a better option than invasion due to its less American casualties