December 2009
2012: End of the World? Or the End of Your Target-Date Fund? (Part 2/3)
In the first part of this three-part series we reviewed the fundamentals of target-date funds. What are they? Why do they exist? How are they different from other mutual funds?
Now we’re going to learn a bit about why it’s becoming almost impossible to avoid target-date funds.
2012: End of the World? Or the End of Your Target-Date Fund? (Part 1/3)
The end-of-the-world blockbuster movie 2012 opened in record-setting style, earning more than $225 million globally in its first weekend in theaters. But despite thousands of web sites that all seem to agree that December 2012 really will be the end of the world, here at Tonka Beans we’re pretty sure it won’t be. Assuming we’re right, then you’ll need to make sure your target-date fund outlasts 2012 and manages to do for you what the movie seemed to do for Sony Pictures: pay a return on investment.
