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[1] points out that you can have a perfectly boring, safe pension fund by investing all the money into gilts with positive interest rates which means you only n
by zimpenfish 4y ago
[1] points out that you can have a perfectly boring, safe pension fund by investing all the money into gilts with positive interest rates which means you only need to put in £48 now to get £100 in 30 years.
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- dchftcs 4y agoGovernment bonds are not perfectly safe.
- misja111 4y agoExactly. A very recent example are UK government bonds: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/uk-bond-prices-collapse-after-sterling-hits-record-low-2022-09-26/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/uk-bond-prices-collap... It's a fundamental law of investing that return is positively correlated with risk. Unfortunately you can't have your cake and eat it too.