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Keep These Funds on Target Be smart about how you use target-date funds.   |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2008
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A Retirement Portfolio You Can Set and Forget Don't let lifecycle funds target your retirement without taking a very close look at them. |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
A Mutual Fund Just for You There's a relatively new development in the financial world that can make your retirement savings a lot simpler: Meet your new friend, the target-date mutual fund. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Israelsen & Walker |
Right on Target? Life-cycle funds are relatively new. Here are the pros and cons of investing in target-date funds. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Get a Bigger Bang from These Investments Target-date funds may soon be easier to evaluate. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Make Money the Easy Way Target retirement funds are back. Now the big question is whether they've fixed their inherent problems -- and whether they'll be safe the next time the market swoons. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Repeat This 2008 Mistake Target funds got billed as the perfect way to save for retirement or other long-term goals. Yet judging from their performance this year, investors who relied on target funds to get their allocations right got a nasty surprise. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen |
Send in the Clones? Target-date funds are proliferating, and they're astonishingly similar. Sadly, they're not astonishingly excellent. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
A Perfect Solution, or a Flawed One? Not all target funds are created alike. But by keeping a focus on target funds and how they fit into your overall portfolio, you'll make sure you don't get any nasty surprises down the road. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2006
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Retirement Planning the Easy Way? As you plan for retirement, a target fund might be worth considering. Make sure that the fund you select matches your risk tolerance and your personal retirement goals. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen |
2010, A Fund Odyssey The first target-date funds were introduced in 1994. Back then, a target date of 2010 -- the first major target date -- seemed extremely far away. But here we are, just 14 months from 2010. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Smarter Strategy for Retired Investors Seniors need protection more than big returns. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Israelsen & Nagengast |
Missing The Target? The asset allocation timeline for target-date funds may be too aggressive for many investors. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Jeff Schlegel |
"Assets-In-A-Box" Investing Considering the appeal of prepackaged asset allocation, it's little wonder that lifecycle funds are one of the hottest areas in the mutual fund industry. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2012
Sasha Franger |
Being Aware of Equity Exposure in Target-Date Funds Target-date series assets, as well as the number of target-date series, have doubled in recent years. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
A Helping Hand With Your Investments Options for folks who want a little bit of help in crafting their asset allocation. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2008
Allen Kenney |
On the Road to Retirement Target date funds are taking a closer look at where retirees will end up, and changes are coming that could pay dividends for REITs. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen |
Target Funds: To or Through? How do you decide when it's the right time to say goodbye to a client's target-date funds - when they reach the specified year or all the way through the retirement years? |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2008
Lauren Young |
Target-Date Funds Hit Their Stride They're finally investing in the wider array of products that have helped put big pension funds ahead of the pack. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Did Asset Allocation Work? Some funds claimed to protect you from the downturn. Did they deliver? |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Gregory P. Brown |
Target-Date Technique The simplicity of many existing target-date funds conceals a number of obstacles that can impede investors' efforts to adequately fund their retirement income needs. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Marla Brill |
Failure To Launch Advisors have little or no leeway to adjust positions in needs-based or all-in-one investment vehicles, such as 529 plans and target funds, and make changes when the market is melting down. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen |
Bad Match The poor performance of target-date funds, particularly 2010 funds, as qualified default investment alternatives has not gone unnoticed in Washington. |
CFO
May 1, 2009
Lynn Brenner |
Are Target Funds on Target? The "simple" investment option may be more complicated than you think. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Only You Can Make This Crucial Choice As tempting as it may be, don't just pass off responsibility for your investments to someone else. Sometimes you'll get just the results you want, but more often, what you buy won't live up to your expectations. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen |
Winners by Default Target-date and balanced funds have become the main default options in corporate retirement plans. But which one is better? |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
The World's Easiest Retirement Plan Doing anything -- anything at all! -- to prepare for retirement, is better than doing nothing. Read on for our simple plan. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Lifecycle Investing's Next Step Target-date funds make an old idea new again. The next generation of lifecycle funds are seeking to add value by making continuous shifts among stocks, bonds, and cash, instead of just reducing equity exposure over time. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Up 150% in a Lost Decade All is not lost -- as long as you keep investing. Our friends at Fidelity Investments recently announced that between 1999 and 2009, employees who regularly contributed to their 401(k) accounts realized a gain of almost 150%. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Jumping on the Commodity Bandwagon If you own a target-date fund, make sure you know whether your fund is moving into commodities. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
John Ameriks |
Myth Busting Target-date funds have taken a beating the past few years by many investment commentators. Some criticism may be warranted, but there are several myths that must be debunked about these funds. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Still Help You Retire Rich People are laying blame in the wrong place. The mistake that most people made wasn't in using target funds. Instead, they should have understood the risk they were taking. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Funds That Hit the Target More and more firms and retirement plans are beginning to offer target-date funds, asset-allocation funds that are designated by the year in which an investor plans to retire. Are they right for you? |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
What's Your Work-to-Retirement Ratio? See whether you'll be able to afford retirement -- the answer may surprise you. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
ETFs Target Your Retirement Are lifecycle ETFs right for your retirement account? |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2013
Tom Roseen |
The Rise of Asset Allocation Funds The modern version of balanced funds, these portfolios continue to make inroads with investors. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Elizabeth D. Festa |
More Challenges for Target Date Funds Target-date mutual funds need more detailed and comprehensible disclosures and better manager investment, according to a new target-date research paper by Morningstar, Inc. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen |
Proposition Three The number of target-date funds continues to grow, but there remains only one set of benchmarks. Here are three proposed indexes to fill the void. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Smart Move Will Save Your Retirement Leaving your investments alone while continuing to make new contributions is more likely to pay off in the long run. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Invest Before You Do This Let your goals determine what investments you make. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Where Smart Investors Put Their Money More investors are taking advantage of this strong retirement-based opportunity. Are you? |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2010
Robert Brokamp |
9 Retirement Killers Make sure you sock it away, and sock it away the right way. |
Registered Rep.
May 17, 2013
Stan Luxenberg |
The New Buyers of ETFs Many actively managed mutual funds are now in the market for ETFs for their low costs of ownership and ease of trading. But should shareholders be annoyed? |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2014
Brad Zigler |
What's An Asset Allocation ETF Really Worth? There are now 40 exchange traded products in the asset allocation category -- most of which are young with short track records |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Will the Government Cripple Target Funds? In response to pressure, some funds are reducing stock exposure. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
The Incredible Shrinking 401(k) It's truly depressing when a retirement portfolio loses nearly a quarter of its value, even after you make your hard-earned annual contributions. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Is Everyone's Favorite Investment Again Target funds have regained some of their lost glory. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
How Investors Beat the Great Recession A simple strategy brought many back to even. Many investors use asset allocation strategies to spread their risk across various types of investments. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2012
Joseph Lisanti |
A Moving Target? If most potential clients walking through your door nowadays don't hold target-date funds in their 401(k) plans, that's likely to change in the next few years. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
3 Must-Have Investments for Your Retirement You won't retire rich without them. |
