The best target-date funds dominate US retirement plans because they simplify portfolio management at scale. These strategies package asset allocation and rebalancing into a single fund tied to a ...

Are your target date funds really working for you—or just running on autopilot? On this episode of Broadcast Retirement Network, we sit down with MarketWatch financial journalist Alisa Wolfson to ...

Join MarketWatch for a live talk about teen investing on Wednesday, May 6 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Sign up and submit your questions for the Q&A here. To Jesse Cramer, target-date funds, which ...

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A target-date fund is a long-term investment built around a specific retirement year. It combines multiple asset classes inside a single structure and automatically adjusts its asset allocation over ...

Target date funds are popular, hitting roughly $4.8 trillion in assets last year, according to Morningstar. They’re designed to automatically adjust their mix of stocks and bonds as one’s retirement ...

Their simplicity makes the funds appealing, but they could leave many workers near retirement, particularly baby boomers, short on savings. By Brian J. O’Connor Target-date mutual funds are promoted ...

Ivanna Hampton: Welcome to Investing Insights. I’m your host, Ivanna Hampton. Guaranteed income and retirement sound pretty nice, but what are the trade-offs to make it happen? Several big asset ...

For years, I ran my own business, and right around this time of year, I would get whipped up trying to pick mutual funds for my Individual Retirement Account (IRA). As the April 15 tax filing deadline ...

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While most 401(k) and state-sponsored IRA plans offer target retirement funds, many individual investors seek to create their own retirement strategies outside these plans. Yahoo Finance Reporter ...