You, let us say, are the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, and you have a problem. You are heavily exposed to the stock market (55% of pension assets). Still more heavily are you exposed to the stock market's volatility (90% of fund volatility is from that source). You are wedded to a 7.8% actuarial-return assumption, which you privately despair of meeting. What do you do?

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