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2009-03-10 — calpensions.com
Pension funds have been hit hard by the stock market crash, losing about a third of their value in some cases, and there may be another problem.
Before the crash, some financial experts warned that pension funds were making overly optimistic projections of investment earnings in the decades ahead, often assuming about 8 percent a year.
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