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Target Date Funds (TDF)
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Target date funds (TDF) , also known as lifecycle or target-retirement funds, are investment funds designed to automatically adjust their asset allocation over time to become more conservative as a specific target date (usually a retirement year) approaches. They offer a convenient “set-it-and-forget-it” approach to investing, particularly for retirement savings.
401(k) Target Date Funds Tank in 2015
Target date fund performance declined in 2015 despite a strong Q4, with equity shifts and international exposure weighing on returns.
February 7, 2016
Why Custom 401(k) Target Date Funds are Flaming Hot (And How Not to Get Burned)
The hottest assets in 401(k)-land are target date funds (TDFs), which blew through the $1 trillion mark in…
November 23, 2015
State Farm Hit with Target Date ‘Excessive Fee’ Lawsuit
Add State Farm to the (long and growing) list of excessive fee lawsuits. Plaintiffs Amy Ingenhutt and Teresa…
August 13, 2015
Target-Date Funds Win, Target-Risk Funds Lose
Back-to-back reports from Morningstar find good news for target-date funds, bad news for target-risk funds. The Chicago based…
August 9, 2015
Are TDFs headed for Glide Path Turbulence?
The consensus coming from Morningstar’s annual investment conference late last month was that target date funds are doing…
July 15, 2015
Franklin Templeton Set Sights on Millennials with Latest Target-Date Fund Offerings
Get ‘em while they’re young. Franklin Templeton Investments recently announced the expansion of its retirement target fund lineup…
June 18, 2015
Target-Date Funds Dominate 401(k) Investments
They’re controversial and initially failed to perform to expectations. While this could describe many investment products currently available,…
May 4, 2015