Tag: baby boomers
For the sheer simplicity they bring to 401(k) investment decisions, retirement experts have been big fans of target date funds for years. Now, their popularity is soaring with the people who really count: employees. Last year, 401(k) participants poured a record $70 billion into target date funds (TDFs), an investment option that automatically shifts t…
Karen Dobson Kay Dobson is 68, and it’s time to retire from her job as the jack of all trades at the Augusta Circle Elementary School in Greenville, South Carolina. But she isn’t quite as ready for her June retirement as she could’ve been. She recently learned that an admitted unfamiliarity with Social Security’s arcan…
