Seeking Shelter from Stock Swings Savers Take on a Different Kind of Risk

The shock of the financial crisis has left three generations of investors paralyzed, preferring slow-but-steady income to the promise of bigger gains that come with moderate market risk, according to a new poll. This conservative mindset is part of the Great Recession's enduring legacy. It holds the potential for millions of Americans to wind up retiring with insufficient nest eggs many years into the future as they opt for sure-fire but low-return investments now--possibly decades before they'l...