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Retail investors have dramatically increased their allocation to cash despite record high stock market highs, with the global average rising from 31% in 2012 to 40% in 2014. Younger generations in particular are wary of investing in "risky" assets after experiencing back-to-back financial crises. Investors scored poorly on a financial literacy test and have fundamental misunderstandings about bonds and their role in retirement portfolios. Japan has the highest cash allocation at 57% while the U.S. is at 36%

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