Not exact matches
Target -
date funds have one
major advantage: They put you in the right mix of stocks and bonds based on your age, Morningstar's Blanchett says.
The poor performance of the
target date funds, especially during the two
major bear markets since 2000, highlights one of the core tenets of Swan Global Investments» philosophy.
ETF Model Solutions believes that the three - dimensional approach offers four
major benefits when compared to most proprietary
target -
date or balanced
funds, as follows:
Most of the
major fund companies now offer
target -
date funds, including Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price Group and Vanguard Group.
There is an appealing simplicity in the concept of
target date funds that has a strong attraction for investors: Just pick a year, and lean back — your portfolio management is now on autopilot, with coordinated diversification among the
major asset classes that is rebalanced periodically toward your estimated time of arrival, your
target date.
The firm explains the
funds this way: «The IFC
target -
date funds are thoughtfully designed to invoke the simplicity of low - cost, easy - to - use managed solutions, with one
major differentiator — the stock
funds used in the IFC
funds closely match the guidelines for socially responsible investing as laid out by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).