Not exact matches
For a new Roth IRA or Traditional IRA investor I typically recommend putting your investments
into a
target date retirement funds like the Vanguard 2050 fund (which is what I have my own Roth IRA invested in).
Most Millennials are investing directly
into Target Date Retirement Funds which have high equity exposure due to the long
retirement horizon — so despite having grown up during two bear markets Millennials are still investing and believe in stock investing.
If you are a
target date fund investor, or considering going that route, you need to look closely at the fund you are considering and decide if this is the «horse you want to ride»
into retirement.
We won't challenge this conventional wisdom (though some studies suggest that investors should actually increase their equity allocation throughout
retirement), but we are concerned with its incorporation
into the
target -
date model.
How you're being misled by
retirement - saving advice Tap
into emerging profits from emerging markets It's a small world after all: International small - cap value Best
target -
date funds?
Let's explore a few positives and negatives that come with investing your
retirement savings
into target -
date funds.
Young investors [typically] have a relatively small portfolio size, so they should put their money
into a
target -
date retirement fund and focus on increasing their savings rate, rather than choosing the best advisor or mutual fund.
I've been putting my
retirement savings
into a
target -
date fund but want to know whether that's a good idea or if I should consider other investments.
«A managed account takes
into consideration that each account holder's financial situation is different, whereas
target -
date funds [TDFs] are based on anticipated
retirement age, with no customization.»
So make your decision based on factors like your
target retirement age, and whether you will make that a hard stop
retirement date or you will ease
into it and work a little longer.
Previous research from Strategic Insight shows ETFs hold only a small fraction of defined contribution (DC)
retirement plan assets, but the ETF vehicle has finally found a point of entry
into the DC market as an underlying investment within other vehicles, such as
target -
date mutual funds (TDFs).
However, the portfolio composition at the
target date confronts a familiar dilemma: How should the conflicting goals of low - risk investment in
retirement be balanced against the need to incorporate
into the portfolio some stock investments that, although higher risk, will serve to outpace inflation?
For example, if you have 40 years until your actual planned
retirement date and the
target fund you have selected does not touchdown
into a
retirement income fund until 10 years after the
target date, the conservative play would be to select a
retirement date target fund only 30 years in the future.
If you're getting started, chose a fund like a
target date fund,
retirement date fund, they go by a couple of names but you can start with just one mutual fund that's a collection of all the investments that might be appropriate for your goal and from that core, if you want to then start branching out
into specific ETF's or funds that focus on just one index or individual securities, then you've got that base that you can build on to add those things in but at the very beginning, keep it simple.