In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and aged in her late 40s , university professor Kerry Carrington made an unusual choice: she dialled up the risk in her superannuation about as far as it could go.
Not only were investors badly bruised and panic-stricken savers were retreating to cash, but Carrington was about to enter what would probably be her last decade of work – a time when most people become more conservative with their investments.
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