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Re:Germany for First Time Sells 30-Year Bonds Offering Negat... by mrfredward on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:02PM (#20759690)
It's quite terrifying to think that pension funds are using forecasts of healthy returns to claim they are well funded, whilst simultaneously making investments with guaranteed negative returns.
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Re:Germany for First Time Sells 30-Year Bonds Offering Negat... by gowld on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:14PM (#20759843)
There's nothing particularly terrifying about "negative". What's terrifying is the delta between forecasts and actual returns.

Forecasting 8% vs actual 2% is much more terrifying that forecasting 1% vs actual -1%.

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