Topic: IS IT SAFE TO INVEST PENSION FUNDS IN BITCOIN? - page 6. (Read 671 times)

Retirement funds are meant to be the sweet reward for all your hard work, not a gamble on risky investments. Sure, Bitcoin might seem like a hot investment, but when it comes to your pension funds, it is better to play it safe. If you are really keen on investing in Bitcoin, just make sure it is with money you can afford to lose.

OP, like you said, someone asked if they could invest their pension in Bitcoin. I don't have a certain answer to give here because there are some things you have not mentioned. First, this person that is asking you for this advice: is he or she educated about Bitcoin or just has partial knowledge? Secondly, how old is this person?

In my country, the government retires workers at the age of 65 or if they have worked for 40 years. Just as you have said that the person said it's their pension savings, that means he has been saving his pension money since his retirement and is definitely still receiving his pension since he's still alive.

If this person is still very healthy and active, if he or she is very knowledgeable about Bitcoin, and if they are ready to take the risk after you might have explained it to them, then it's good. explained the risk of investing in Bitcoin to them, tell them how Bitcoin works, and allowed them to decide if they wanted to invest or not. This is not a decision you will take for them, but after you have explained everything to them, let them say, Yes, I understand the risk and I want to go ahead with it.

But if the money is so huge that they want to invest it all, that's where you know how to tell them no! and tell them that instead of investing all of it at once, let it be divided and invested gradually on a DCA strategy. Also, if the person is just receiving his monthly pension and wants to invest, let them only invest 20 or 30% of the monthly pension or the % should be as it suits them.

explained the risk, tell them what it entails to invest in Bitcoin, and allowed them to make the decision, saying, "Yes, I have considered all the risk factors, but I want to go on with the investment."

Note: This is not an investment advice.


@wiwo,  A person receiving a pension is already an old person who is retired from a government job and is entitled to a pension until they die. Even if the person is old but it still depends on their age and how healthy the person is. my grandpa  is a pensioner, he is 80 years old now and yet his is still strong very much healthy, he retired at the age of 60 and if he had been investing 20 or 30% of his pension, he would have accumulated up to 1+ Bitcoin because is about 20 years now since he retired. Bitcoin even got developed while he was still working, lol. But I wish he had knowledge of it. But even if he had invested at the time he was 70 year old, he would have still waited till today.

The safety of investing pension funds in Bitcoin is a matter of personal opinion and risk tolerance. Some people view Bitcoin as a high-risk, high-reward investment, while others believe it to be too volatile and unreliable to be a suitable investment for retirement funds.

On one hand, Bitcoin has seen significant growth in value in recent years, and some proponents argue that it could offer a hedge against inflation. On the other hand, the cryptocurrency market is highly speculative, and the value of Bitcoin can be extremely volatile. It's not uncommon for the value of Bitcoin to drop by a large percentage in a short period of time.

It's also important to consider the potential legal and regulatory risks associated with investing in cryptocurrencies. The regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies is still evolving, and there is a risk that governments could take action to restrict or ban the use of cryptocurrencies, which could negatively impact their value.

Regarding bitcoin "being safe" will be subjective to different people depending on how well they understand bitcoin as a whole.

As per reading your story, it seems to me that your friend isn't that involved much in crypto and maybe only has a little knowledge about Bitcoin as a whole including the associated risks and how volatile it is. Feed his mind first about bitcoin in general.

Instead of directly answering that question by your friend, why not give a piece of advice to start involved in crypto from now on and build experience? If your friend is really serious about knowing Bitcoin, soon as he progresses, he will come up with the point that he will know the best answer to his own question.

It's a BIG No for me!!

Retirement funds are really not mearnt for high risk undertakings, if anything use that money to go on a vacation just to appreciate yourself for putting in so much time and work to get paid over the years...truth be told if you don't spoil yourself who will??

If you haven't ventured into other profit making businesses find something stable and and more likely to pay you like bonds, otherwise use that money to take care of yourself as you will no longer be in the work force, but if money isn't an issue by all means you could through a couple of dollars into your crypto investment bank!

With the risk of bitcoin, I'd be happy to put a portion of it but it's for my own and my own money. If it's others, I'll not rethink if I'll tell the same say but will say to study it first. The risk that bitcoin has got to offer might not be able to take by that person who's ready to take his/her pension. It's too risky for them, the old ones to have that vibe of roller coaster ride on this market. Give them time to study and learn bitcoin's volatility and from there, they'll see if they can take the ride and invest not all of their retirement funds but maybe 5%-10% of it.
That's what I think because it's better for someone who's taking a pension to just be content with it unless he'd be willing to go that far but with extra risk.

I won't even consider Bitcoin as a good investment for any portion of the pension founds even if not everything,  the risk of too much for a retiree hasn't to. Wait for 5-10 years is truly a long period pf time for senior citizens.

But for a young person who has a lot of time to study and build adequate knowledge and a long time to wait for Bitcoin is the best possible investment to secure the future.

Even though Bitcoin is very good investment, We are talking about pension funds here that literally for old person. They are on the last chapter of human life which means they shouldn’t put at risk the money that they earn their whole life for a chance to increase it more. Investing it on volatile asset like Bitcoin might end up decrease their money once they need to use it since you never know when they need it and they doesn’t have enough time to wait for hodling.

We should consider the person itself for the risk exposure because some of us can’t handle the risk due to their current situation like pension owner.

OP is actually looking at the possibility of investing people’s pension funds into cryptocurrency. Even though this amount is contributed my people who aren’t retired just yet which signifies it can be hold on to for some years but it is still a very bad idea because it defeats the number one rule of bitcoin investment which is to never an amount that can’t be risked. Should OP decides to invest it in it as, then that attributes it to a borrowed funds for investment which could put him in bind and could not Make one hodl for long and that’s is the only to gain profits from bitcoin.

^ Just ask him if he is ready to take a risk investing in BTC, though BTC is a good investment there is no guarantee when you will have a profit.
Just also ask him if this fund that he supposedly use is the amount that he is willing to wait to make a profit. Because probably there is a chance that if he badly needed money he will sell his BTC at a lower price. If I were in your place, just explain to him the bad side and good sides of in investing BTC and let him realize and decide on his own.

How will you work for years, then invest all your retirement money in bitcoin, we all know bitcoin investment is really a good one but we shouldn’t take that kind of risk, we should learn to invest any amount you lose that won’t affect you. How will the person feel after losing all his retirement money? The best thing I will advise the person to do is that just take part of the retirement money and invest in bitcoin, any amount that won’t hurt him incase if anything happens to the money. And the person shouldn’t be expecting returns in the next few days or weeks, he should be prepared to hold.

Ideally pension funds are the safest funds. There is absolutely minimal risk in these funds especially when they are regulated by government as well. So obviously they are a good investment option for anyone who is looking for a good return. Also regulated invested funds like pension funds also make sure the overall split of the money of the pension fund is correctly allocated as per regulated norms. Obviously this doesn't guarantee zero risk but yes does Gujarat minimal risk.

Is the pension fund money that the pensioner can afford to lose? How much percentage of the funds can the person really afford to lose. How much knowledge does the individual have about bitcoin investment.

Because where their knowledge is minimal, they are the ones who are very quick to sue whoever it was that introduced them into cryptocurrency.

It is too risky to invest and the person should consider a more stable market like the real estate market than bitcoin. Next to real estate investing is stocks and bonds they are also relative stable.

Lastly, unless you are financial adviser do not make any decision for your friend. Get him or them a financial adviser.

Bitcoin is a very risky investment don't think it is a good plan for one to invest all his pension funds in it. The price is never stable it can easily increase or decrease in value.Better to invest only a little amount if he is willing to invest and take the risk.Also it's much better for long term hold to make good profits.

If you ready to hold the funds for a year or couple of years,you can hold your funds in bitcoin.Because most expected halves will be come on 2024,so we can expect the new ATH.So many traders opinion is bitcoin price will increase to 10x to the current value.It’s an expectation we can’t assure it cent percentage.You can have a try with your pension to get some profit from the bitcoin.Because we can’t assure for the 10x,but surely it will be the good profit.If you want,you can split the investment into different parts.Then every part will give you good profit at the certain period.It help to get dollars at certain points.

I would rather not risk it if it's not highly going to happen since you are probably risking too much in this just to invest in high volatile market. You should minimize the risk first before you could actually invest into something that you already understand. People nowadays are risking something that's important in their future it's like gambling in order to get what they want. We all know that gambling can't give you a high probability of winning thus, minimizing your chances to win. It's the same in trading because if you don't know what you are investing then you are just basically blindly guessing without knowing how the market works. More like a part of people who always invest during the FOMO instead of buying when it was on the dip.

For someone recieving pension payment means that the age of the individual is above retirement and that means he doesnt have much time to invest in bitcoin and waiting for tge next five to ten years for the investment to mature, so someone in that class will need to invest on some physical investment or business that will bring a daily return not long term.

So i will say bitcoin is too high risk for the individual and i will not advice the person to tske that long road, but for someone that have alot of time to wait it better to invest in bitcoin as an alternative while still in service and not as a retirement option.

Generally investment is a risky venture but it also depends on the kind of investment. The general view is that bitcoin investment is a good area because it has long time value. I think what is discouraged is when you decide to borrow money to invest. Therefore  if a pensioner has his or her pension fund and instead of keeping it in the bank for a long time where it will not general interest, I think keeping it with bitcoin is preferred for me and these are some of my reason:

1. If the pensioner understand bitcoin technology by himself and not relying on third investment.

2. He or she has to be ready for a long time investment.

3. It must be money not meant for other financial need.

4. It must be your personal pension fund.

If he has to ask, I'd say no. Not because I don't think bitcoin is a safe investment, but because I don't think he's ready to take that kind of risk.

While I am relatively new to this field, I've met many people who have asked a similar question. From my experience, I've learned that it is best to exercise caution while giving investment advice. I'm sure you've heard the saying: "Do your research". It holds true in this context as well.

This is true and its something that they should really be minding on on which they should be aware about the risks involved.It might sound seem to be a good idea because of its popularity and its been known about increasing prices but it doesnt really remove the fact that risks is always there but its better not to make yourself that not minding about those risks but if you do able to bare up such risks and opt to make
investment or savings on your pension fund then it would be your own choice.As a friend or known someone then i wont really be making no guarantees or making out suggestions in regarding their
pension funds or on what they should gonna do.They are the ones who do make out such decision and it isnt bad to give out that kind of warning though to someone who do have those kind of considerations.