<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:34:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/pensions/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[OH SH*T! JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are About to Pop the Credit Bubble—And Take Stocks With It!...The UNTHINKABLE is About to Happen to 150 MILLION PEOPLE...Your City and State is RUNNING OUT OF MONEY]]></title><description><![CDATA[OH SHT! JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are About to Pop the Credit Bubble—And Take Stocks With It!* The UNTHINKABLE is About to Happen to 150 MILLION PEOPLE Your City and State is RUNNING OUT OF MONEY]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@sadcorp/oh-sh-t-jp-morgan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@sadcorp/oh-sh-t-jp-morgan</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sadcorp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:48:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2H2DyQdufc5qNtibiWfyi2w1MkwhEbxTDp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reicht die Rente? - Is the pension sufficient?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Deutschland und anderen Ländern geht die Angst um, dass die Rente nicht mehr zum Leben ausreicht In Germany and other countries, there is a growing fear that pensions will no longer be sufficient to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121566/@blkchn/reicht-die-rente-is-the-pension-sufficient</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121566/@blkchn/reicht-die-rente-is-the-pension-sufficient</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121566]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blkchn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:11:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCRWV23Z97jqozajDZsPjUUWWEg6eNLaGnc7ohbPnVCbExuTy6FUHRo7TB8CX5cyhUxSe87ajTBBRhPQKX5zdvxTx1ZJo6DLUfjXCPj6xs29ZK4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Labour Raid Britain's Pensions?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Budget day approaches, anxiety is growing among pensioners and financial planners that Rachel Reeves may have to raid our pensions pots to balance the books going forwards! The Looming Tax Grab According]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pensions/@revisesociology/will-labour-raid-britains-pensions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pensions/@revisesociology/will-labour-raid-britains-pensions</guid><category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4TxiRtekCv7BfhHPG2NKgaXnhSrBcLV63DhVRNeiQjpWcGRq9GMPnF8VWrp7q7HhoSe5JyaX7LUj4eC9SoC8gGEX3P2xQDc9Bwni37C5CehuvwGsRQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-Term Investing: What the Experts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[MoneyWeek's recently presented an overview of the surest strategies for long-term investing - which means looking at things in terms of several years or even decades rather than months, and resisting the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@revisesociology/long-term-investing-what-the-experts-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@revisesociology/long-term-investing-what-the-experts-say</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3Z6RXqCzbfv1WQ1sQhpdGGTQyVrZHFHkAMLMAEN8RDNpsq2Hc25dEA2JJh3xnRTZyoLCnhavRAU3wKSxMDcXg2doSKEddMjPxGbYD8YMLaWisiidGKiafXjUWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defusing the Pensions Time Bomb]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK pensions system is under growing pressure, with millions of people at risk of financial hardship in later life. 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Too Generous to maintain...?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I am set to be the beneficiary of one in the not-too-distant-future, public sector pensions are a huge burden on the state, simply because they are so generous and so many millions of people are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pensions/@revisesociology/britains-public-sector-pension-issue-too-generous-to-maintain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pensions/@revisesociology/britains-public-sector-pension-issue-too-generous-to-maintain</guid><category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 20:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZL1T12ro3TSQ7R6a6YUW4TGNYXBPLGqXpBEcBcvHeJDCvk6PEmmjZa8Z2esJJR1o8WLBQbUmH2FCdrS4N9L48Wr83PAecbhd1zPzTVa11aKMiCLPm6CmAV6E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pension Advisor: A Decent Job...?!?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every Thursday at Citizens Advice there's a local pension advisor who comes in and does four appointments a week through PensionWise, the government's Pension Advice Scheme, it's often run via Citizens]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pensions/@revisesociology/pension-advisor-a-decent-job-ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pensions/@revisesociology/pension-advisor-a-decent-job-ar</guid><category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQLaz6roEF9USUD8xBJZQtiXroYJUoxYqbniVojBgKU3eRvrpqDmX5GXSZveh95utrKu19knKtVmsE5J44r46ssmm64s8Q1Po5kgbZ1YNYxCU3EQKBkP24v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Track My Stack: A Handy Wealth Tracker and Pension Planner]]></title><description><![CDATA[If yer looking for a decent wealth tracking app for yer phone, I can recommend 'Track my Stack', available for various platforms... I only downloaded it a few days ago and honestly it's VERY easy to use....]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inleo/@revisesociology/tuesday-track-my-stack-a-handy-wealth-tracker-and-pension-planner-eb8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inleo/@revisesociology/tuesday-track-my-stack-a-handy-wealth-tracker-and-pension-planner-eb8</guid><category><![CDATA[inleo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3Z6RXqCzbfv1WQ1sQhpdGGTQz8ixUFbHZTSViNMHacYsq1neZCX3iHDdKncGQSck7ySuJpnT8jD6cKho9U6igejqdfUJjf8tED3KrJUXBQ6zK3B1XbW1xX9iWJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[个人养老金对个人意味什么？]]></title><description><![CDATA[近日，人力资源社会保障部、财政部等五部门联合印发《关于全面实施个人养老金制度的通知》。明确自12月15日起，在中国境内参加城镇职工基本养老保险或者城乡居民基本养老保险的劳动者，均可以参加个人养老金制度。税收优惠政策的实施范围从36个先行城市(地区)同步扩大到全国。 "哈，估计社保是没戏啰！" 我不由暗戳戳地想道！ 鲁迅说过：]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105017/@lemooljiang/poqt1lvx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105017/@lemooljiang/poqt1lvx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-105017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lemooljiang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:24:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW718tJBTEaJiCZqta5CwEEUk5WdBd9sawc2JTqzPh83QH2Bzs47Yfyj5oRvzA5YSUhHgYW78HoT6qX9YZpKh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few Thoughts on Pension MegaFunds ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are currently 86 local authority pension funds in UK, and the majority are extremely risk averse. 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