ClaimsJeremy Grantham

“Counterintuitively, it turns out that the implications for the next 20 years for pension funds and others are oddly similar whether the market crashes in 2 years, falls steadily over 7 years, or whimpers sideways for 20 years.”

Jeremy Grantham, GMO letter author 2016 3Q 2016 GMO Quarterly Letter: Not With A Bang But A Whimper (GMO via WealthTrack)

Prediction Economics and markets

Implications for pension funds over the next 20 years will be similar whether the market crashes in 2 years, falls over 7 years, or moves sideways for 20 years.

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Reasoning

deadline 2036 is after 2026-10-29

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Jeremy Grantham, “Implications for pension funds over the next 20 years will be similar whether the market crashes in 2 years, falls over 7 years, or moves sideways for 20 years.” (said 2016). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_0b5db83b1ff0, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0b5db83b1ff0

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  5. Resolved true Prediction 31 August 2022
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