Why this ‘big idea’ to fix Social Security relies on a massive stock-market gamble

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A proposed Social Security fix would rely on investing heavily in the stock market, exposing retirement funding to market risk. The article cautions that the strong stock-market gains of the past 50 years may be an exception rather than a reliable long-term pattern.

From a long-term perspective, the past 50 years of strong market gains are the exception rather than the rule