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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by bee_rider on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:44PM (#25935185)
But in the case of something like a pension, reducing risk is often the goal, right?
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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by admax88q on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:58PM (#25935332)
The goal is to make enough money for pensioners to live off.

If the goal was to reduce risk then pensions would be better off being held in cash. But pension funds dont have enough cash to meet needs so they have to grow.

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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by GordonS on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:04PM (#25935395)
Pension pots actually often do follow a path of minimising risk, with the percentage held in cash and government bonds increasing as pensionable age nears.
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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by naveen99 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @08:02AM (#25968712)
They have a specific percentage growth targets which gets adjusted periodically based on interest rates and life expectancy.
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