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Don’t Blindly Trust Your Target Date Funds

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Admin

One of the topics of discussion during the retirement planning conference I attended last month was: Target Date Funds. In fact, it deserved a lunch presentation to the full conference. Target Date Funds have taken the retirement accumulation market by storm over the last 10 years. In many cases, they have become the 401(k) and 403(b) “default” investments inside these work-site retirement plans at work. Nearly $1 TRILLION is now invested in them through brand-name firms such as Fidelity, Vanguard, TRowe Price, American Funds and … Continue reading

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