Today's young can barely believe how obsessed everyone was with investing and financial markets 10 years ago. Back in 2009, armies of television pundits used to shout about stocks all day long, while up-to-the-minute prices whirred across screens. Some financial analysts were actually revered. What a difference a decade of sub-par economic growth and low returns can make. Almost nobody is interested in investing now. Hard work and stashing one's money under the mattress, preferably in a mix of high and low-denomination bills, is considered the road to wealth in the west these days.
今天（2019年）的年輕人，可能很難相信10年前，人們曾是那樣癡迷于投資和金融市場。2009年那時，大批的所謂專家成天在電視上高談闊論著股票，屏幕上滾動播報著最新一秒的股價。一些金融分析師居然還真的頗受人們尊敬。持續10年的低增長率和低回報率，真是讓人間換了模樣啊！現在幾乎沒人對投資感興趣了。如今的西方人認為，努力工作并把錢（最好大、小面額的鈔票兼而有之）藏在床墊下才是致富之道。