Tag: retirement
Seven years ago this month, this personal finance and retirement blog debuted. How things have changed. For one thing, back in 2011, a lot more people were reading blogs and newspapers on their clunky desktop computers. In recognition of the now-ubiquitous smart phone – more accurately, a computer that happens to have a phone –…
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…
