Are your target date funds really working for you—or just running on autopilot? On this episode of Broadcast Retirement Network, we sit down with MarketWatch financial journalist Alisa Wolfson to ...

The last time Vanguard made a change to the investment strategy of its flagship target-date series, Barack Obama was in his final term as president. In the decade since, the landscape has exploded.

Target-date mutual funds are promoted as one-time, “set it and forget it” investments that automatically carry you from your early working days through to retirement, leaving you with a safe, stable ...

Nearly $5 trillion has poured into target date funds as a simple retirement solution. But rising costs are exposing a major vulnerability ...

Baby boomers in target date funds face a 40% chance of experiencing at least one investment loss in the next five years. Sequence of Return Risk peaks during the five years before and after retirement ...

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Are your target date funds really working for you—or just running on autopilot? On this episode of Broadcast Retirement Network, we sit down with MarketWatch financial journalist Alisa Wolfson to ...