Germans Learn to Love Stocks After Hoarding Cash for Decades

Germans are finally catching stock market fever. Historically, they've been worldclass savers, but wary investors. Now, things are shifting fast.Stocks were seen as too risky or too elite, and most would be investors too haunted by the ghost of hyperinflation. But Germany's stock market is up more than 20% this year, and more than 3 million people here have started investing in the past 3 years. That's the biggest jump in Europe after the UK.Social media is also playing an outsized role with influencers and ...