Tag: retirement

Senior man calculating finances

The brief’s key findings are: While nearly 60 percent of new 401(k) participants have savings in target date funds (TDFs), little research has looked under the hood of this investment vehicle. This analysis uses a unique dataset with extensive information on the underlying mutual funds that TDFs hold. The results show that TDFs: often invest…

Young casual woman sitting working on laptop with business data

It’s old news that the many baby boomers who did not get married and stay married are worse off financially than those who did. Unfortunately, the financial damage to one segment of this generation has broken new ground. Only 44 percent of “middle boomers” – those born in the late 1950s – have remained married to…