Safe CDs, checking accounts for investors scared of stocks

Courtesy USATODAY.com Money - Block  Mon, 03/23/2009 - 19:09

If the past year has taught us anything, it's that we need to lower our expectations. Remember when investors assumed they'd earn 10% a year on their 401(k) plans?

Nowadays, investors are exchanging high fives and fist bumps if they make it through the month without losing money.

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