It's possible they were referring to purchasing hashing power when they used the term cloud mining. But if they were actually talking about these investment schemes, then they are NOT financial advisors - so beware.
Personally, I fell head first into the "bitcoin investment" scheme. I ended up in four of them. I've broke even, but now that I know better, it was not a wise decision to join them. I'm not saying every single one of them are ponzi schemes, but I can say most are. The minute new money coming in slows down, they'll (and many have) close the doors.
I have since focused my time learning about ICO's, and in mining. I like to control the money (call me paranoid) so mining is my favorite.
If I were advising my own mom on what to do, I'd suggest either a diversified portfolio of coins, or buy/build your own mining rigs and scale that operation.
Ive met some group of financial adviser, they told me that the best way to aquire bitcoin is through cloud mining, they gave me names of trusted cloud mining providers and as of my research, they are well known and trusted.
Then ive met some people, whos already earning big bucks on bitcoin, they dont recommend cloud mining. They told me that its expensive and risky, but as for my understanding its good way of gaining passive income.
What are the possible reason on thier contradiction?
Whos recommendation should i try and why?