With everything that’s going on in global markets right now, who’d want to be an investor?

The answer, increasingly, is Japanese young people, who are embracing risk assets like never before — a shift in mindset that has some worried they’re spending too little on the here and now.

In an annual survey by Dai-Ichi Life Insurance that asks kids for their future career goals, "investor” appeared for the very first time this year as a top 10 job choice for high-school boys. And while money-manager didn’t crack the top 10 for girls, young women are increasingly interested in investing too, with those aged between 25 and 29 more likely to own securities than their male peers.

© The Japan Times