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Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld |
Welcome, Gen Y Companies can make a difference when they enroll new employees automatically into employer-sponsored retirement plans and set target-date funds as the default investment.   |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Keep These Funds on Target Be smart about how you use target-date funds. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Shoot for the Right Target Target-date funds still make sense for retirement, if you know what you're doing. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2009
Amy Feldman |
Reinventing the Target-Date Retirement Fund Target-date retirement funds, the default in many 401(k) plans, left many hurting in the downturn. Can they be made smarter? |
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 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. |
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
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
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. |
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
October 20, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Get a Bigger Bang from These Investments Target-date funds may soon be easier to evaluate. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2008
Julie Clarenbach |
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
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%. |
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. |
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
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. |
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
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? |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Kathleen M. McBride |
Retirement Planning: News and Products News on Morningstar, and from the Insured Retirement Institute. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO
December 1, 2009
Randy Myers |
A Question of Balance The much-maligned 401(k) plan is being beefed up. So are the penalties for failing to manage it well. |
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
July 23, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Foolish Weekly Fund Wrap-Up Competition among exchanges for new ETF listings heats up... Prudential offers GoalMaker to assist investors choosing a portfolio... |
Financial Advisor
November 2010 |
Auto-Enrollment Benefits Young Savers A new study shows young workers with 401(k) auto enrollment are better diversified than employees who aren't offered that feature in their retirement plans. |
Registered Rep.
October 11, 2012
Stan Luxenberg |
Savers, at Last. . . The 401(k) has long been considered a failure at truly preparing anyone for retirement -- especially since the recession. Less noticed is that the plans are, slowly, getting much better. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Spinning Their Wheels If you're thinking of steering your clients into life-cycle funds, be sure to kick the tires first. With more and more asset managers rolling out life-cycle funds, it's easy to get caught up in some excitement. But, buyer beware: They can be expensive and have middling performance. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Latrell Sprewell, Evander Holyfield, and You Enjoy a cushier retirement than pro athletes. |
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? |
Financial Advisor
July 2008
Alan Lavine |
On Target, Or Not Think you can plunk down money on any target date fund as a low-risk way to accumulate retirement savings? Think again. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Katherine Reynolds Lewis |
Time to Reevaluate As the government takes a second look at the financial world, it is evaluating whether target-date funds protect investors' -- your clients, whether they are employers or employees -- best interests. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
August 12, 2011
Diana Britton |
Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio. |
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. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
William Harding |
Endowments Offer Investment Lessons for Retirees The number of Americans who turn 65 each week could fill a sports stadium -- and they all need income. Portfolios for people saving for retirement should be structured differently from those already there. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007
Marla Brill |
Do Your Clients' Target Funds Measure Up? How do market watchers come up with apples-to-apples comparisons of target-date funds? The absence of a standardized benchmark has left financial advisors to wade through the burgeoning number of fund choices with only vague and often conflicting guidelines for evaluation. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Bruce W. Fraser |
Last Hand For Monte Carlo? Monte Carlo simulation, a popular retirement planning tool, is under scrutiny. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Follow These Target-Date Funds' Lead Don't miss out on turbocharged economic growth. |
