Greg Zuckerman
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first heard Sep 2020
last heard Sep 2020
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So pension funds have these streams of expenses that they have to pay out.
It's everything from retirement of those on the pension, health care costs, etc.
So they have to hit or they're expected to hit a certain rate, given that they sometimes will promise a certain rate to people that are on pensions.
And again, that's about 7%.
Historically, bonds are not a bad place for conservative investors.
They have a steady stream of payments.
They're safer than stocks.
There are things like junk bonds and corporate bonds, which have some risk, but treasuries and muni bonds are generally pretty safe.
So it makes sense for conservative investors to be heavily into bonds, but where we are right now,
with most every bond in the world yielding at really low rates.
I mean, over 85% of all bonds outstanding in the Western world are under 2% yield.
So it is really forcing all kinds of investors, including pension funds, to reconsider their strategies.
So you are seeing individual investors more than ever play a big part of the market.
We're talking about young individuals on apps, free trading apps like Robinhood.
You're seeing others, hedge funds and others, get a little bit more into the stock market.
So it makes sense that pension funds and university endowments should reconsider their position and consider whether they should be a little bit more in terms of equities in the market.
And it is important to note that there are some pension funds that are more allocated to the stock market.
And as you would expect, they've done really well.
The Nevada Public Employees Retirement System, sort of known for being a little bit more of a kind of class in some ways, and it is more involved in the stock market.
About 42% of its holdings are just in S&P 500.
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