Target-date funds have long been a popular way for individuals to invest for retirement. This is understandable: choose a ...

I recently wrote about how fund investors’ stake in US equity has drifted higher over the past decade. That increase owes mostly to US stocks’ standout returns over that period, rather than investors’ ...

We’ve been talking about how to build a do-it-yourself retirement plan — one that doesn’t take a finance degree or endless screen time to manage. So far, the plan has been simple: most of your ...

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 ...

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 ...

The last time Vanguard made a change to the investment strategy of its flagship target-date series, Barack Obama was in his final term as president. In the decade since, the landscape has exploded.

The T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund is part of the increasingly popular category known as target-date funds. These funds invest in global stocks and bonds, shifting the asset mix toward a more ...

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 ...

Like other target-date funds, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan’s TSP L Funds are among the retirement plan’s most popular options. The funds, also known as the TSP Lifecycle Funds, accounted for more ...

The investment seeks a high level of total return through its target date; Thereafter, the fund primarily seeks high current income and secondarily capital appreciation. Under normal conditions, the ...