Vanguard is aiming to make generating income from your target-date fund in retirement easier. The firm announced it has launched a new target-date series that gives investors the option to incorporate ...

The investment seeks a high level of total return through its target date; Thereafter, the fund primarily seeks high current income and secondarily capital appreciation. Under normal conditions, the ...

We’ve been talking about how to build a do-it-yourself retirement plan — one that doesn’t take a finance degree or endless screen time to manage. So far, the plan has been simple: most of your ...

I recently wrote about how fund investors’ stake in US equity has drifted higher over the past decade. That increase owes mostly to US stocks’ standout returns over that period, rather than investors’ ...

Vanguard's target-date funds might very well be the Lean Cuisine your portfolio needs. I suppose some context is in order. Comedian Patton Oswalt has a bit about going to the frozen-foods section of a ...

Qualified retirement planning has entered a new era. While target-date funds have simplified investing for millions of Americans, they fall short on one critical front: income certainty. As retirees ...

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 ...