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7 February 2012 Multimedia

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of Target-Date Retirement Funds

  1. Thomas M. Idzorek, CFA

Although target-date retirement funds are a ubiquitous retirement planning tool, their glide paths vary considerably from one provider to the next...

Although target-date retirement funds are a ubiquitous retirement planning tool, their glide paths vary considerably from one provider to the next. Moreover, the glide paths themselves tend to change over time. Thomas M. Idzorek, CFA, discusses the problems associated with benchmarking these instruments and outlines a glide path stability score.

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