You may know someone—you may even be someone—who fled the stock market in late 2008 or early 2009, judging it unfit for retirement savings. An AARP market survey in 2008 found that 45 percent of people nearest retirement—those between the ages of 55 and 64—said they reduced exposure to risky assets as a consequence of the stock market collapse. … Back to Article
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