novalis comments on Why is it rational to invest in retirement? I don't get it. - Less Wrong Discussion
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Not precisely tontines. For variable annuities, your return depends much more on the market (highly unpredictable) than on the deaths of other members (highly predictable, in aggregate). For fixed annuities, of course, your return is fixed.