The best target-date funds dominate US retirement plans because they simplify portfolio management at scale. These strategies package asset allocation and rebalancing into a single fund tied to a ...

Target-date retirement funds can be an easy way for “set and forget” investors to put themselves on an asset-allocation glide path. The portfolio is automatically rebalanced, generally adding bonds ...

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Target-date strategies have grown into one of the largest segments of the US retirement market. In 2025, assets in target-date strategies climbed to $4.8 trillion, expanding 20.3% over the prior year ...

In 2025, target-date funds continued on the track of three trends investors can be relatively pleased about. For one, they've gotten bigger. The total amount of investor money in these funds reached ...

Investors have gotten either lucky or complacent in recent years, depending on how you look at it. After benefiting from market concentration in mega-cap technology ...

Your 401(k) is probably in a target-date fund. This simple hack may help you earn more. Target-date funds provide a simple, hands-off approach to investing for retirement. What people should avoid, ...

A target-date fund is a long-term investment built around a specific retirement year. It combines multiple asset classes inside a single structure and automatically adjusts its asset allocation over ...

If you're making steady contributions to your employer's 401(k) plan, you're doing a very good thing for your retirement. Social Security will only replace about 40% of your pre-retirement paycheck if ...

Join MarketWatch for a live talk about teen investing on Wednesday, May 6 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Sign up and submit your questions for the Q&A here. To Jesse Cramer, target-date funds, which ...