Young Investors Too Attached to High Risk with Low Return

Well... young investors are back in the market, but are they too late?

Conventional wisdom says that a 25 year old individual has the ability to take on more risk than another individual who is 62 and retired, due to the fact that the younger person still has their whole career ahead of them and many years of earning potential.  The retiree on the other hand has to be much more selective with risk and always is thinking about the long term, steady results because they will be needing the money soon or more immediately than the other individual.  That being said, there is always a limit...