For Gen X investors, dotcom bubble haunts stock market portfolios closing in on retirement

Gen X investors in their early fifties face a difficult balance: they need stock market gains to fuel their final decade of work before retirement, but they can't afford to lose what they've built if markets crater. CNBC reports that many of this generation—scarred by memories of the dotcom crash—are staying invested in growth stocks through their 401 K and IRA accounts, betting they won't face another ill-timed downturn.

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