Ken
2008-04-03 10:56:40
To add: Any event catastrophic enough to devalue bonds, will devalue paper money, and will take with is any value in private retirement funds. The increase in crime will make even investments in hard commodities by the ronulans hard to enforce or keep track off. But barring a scenario in which the entire world goes down the tubes, bonds seem fairly safe.
All that said, 2% return on retirement is downright awful. Its not even keeping up with inflation, and the very idea of a ponzi scheme is non sustainable.
