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IPO Mania - Retirement funds

IPO Mania - Retirement funds

Posted Jan 18, 2008 1:54 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: IPO Mania - Can lithium help? by njs
Parent article: Ten-year timeline, part 2: the bubble days

There seems to be some implication that retirement funds losing money in the stock market means retirees lose money. Retirees lose money only if the employer, who actually owes the pension, also goes broke. In many cases (required by law I think), the employer also has insurance, so the insurance company and all its reinsurers also have to go broke for a retiree to lose money.


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