Re: MCI is not more. Curly gets 40 million to kill yet another company

In article <1136878774.809909.121490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
comp.os.vms@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> As a passing observation I would point out that extremely large amounts
> of corporations' stocks are held by funds, effectively managing the
> often meagre wealth of indiduals via their pension funds.
>
> Everytime a major corp like WC gos belly up, and the shareholders get
> shafted, the ones who lose are not the "players" with money to lose,
> its you and me and everyone else with a pension plan.
>
> For example, my pension fund has only recently recovered from losses
> incurred in the last bubble burst - in $ terms. In real terms I will
> always be behind. This has a real effect on my standard of living in
> the future.
>
> Did I have money in WC via my pension fund? I actually do not know,
> but my point is valid none the less.

Yes, all true, but why does your pension plan invest in stocks?
Probably because it HOPES that it will get more money in the long run
then simply opening a savings account with a guaranteed interest rate.
Their ain't no such thing as a free lunch; the price you pay for better
conditions, usually, in the long run, compared with interest, is the
possibility that things might not work out. Guaranteeing that you make
the money you want with your pension fund is the same as guaranteeing
that the companies whose stock it invests in will do well. No-one can
guarantee that.

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