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The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Only You Can Make This Crucial Choice As tempting as it may be, don't just pass off responsibility for your investments to someone else. Sometimes you'll get just the results you want, but more often, what you buy won't live up to your expectations.  |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2008 Julie Clarenbach |
A Retirement Portfolio You Can Set and Forget Don't let lifecycle funds target your retirement without taking a very close look at them.  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 Rex Moore |
If You Do Just One Thing Today Take the first step on the road to proper asset allocation. You should determine your risk profile and see if your allocation is aligned with it.  |
On Wall Street January 1, 2010 Matthew Leung |
Getting Retirement Portfolios Back on Track Previous assumptions about asset allocation, diversification and the appropriate levels of risk in portfolios are being challenged.  |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Hanson & Richards |
Are You Prepared for a Market Apocalypse? Never ever stop thinking about tomorrow.  |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Retirement: It's Not as Bad as We Thought Despite the dire predictions, Americans are a little more prepared for retirement.  |
The Motley Fool August 7, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of This Sneaky Employer Trick Don't let your retirement plans get derailed by employer allocation changes.  |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Perfect Mutual Fund Allocation How you allocate among your funds is as important as which funds you choose.  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2008 Rex Moore |
If You Do Just One Thing Today To start to plan for your retirement, whether it is just around the corner or decades away, take the first step on the road to proper asset allocation.  |
Financial Advisor January 2007 Marla Brill |
Simple Solutions? Life cycle funds are expanding beyond the 401(k) market to financial advisors. Advisors considering using target date funds, whether on a limited or for a broad swath of clients, need to consider a number of features.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 John Rosevear |
It's Not Too Late to Save Your Retirement No matter your age, there are still things you can do to improve your retirement.  |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Retirement Planning the Easy Way? As you plan for retirement, a target fund might be worth considering. Make sure that the fund you select matches your risk tolerance and your personal retirement goals.  |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The World's Easiest Retirement Plan Doing anything -- anything at all! -- to prepare for retirement, is better than doing nothing. Read on for our simple plan.  |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Alan Lavine |
On Target, Or Not Think you can plunk down money on any target date fund as a low-risk way to accumulate retirement savings? Think again.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let Your Investments Blindside You Do it yourself and know what you're getting. There are some things you're better off doing yourself and managing your retirement savings is one of them  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Repeat This 2008 Mistake Target funds got billed as the perfect way to save for retirement or other long-term goals. Yet judging from their performance this year, investors who relied on target funds to get their allocations right got a nasty surprise.  |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
A Helping Hand With Your Investments Options for folks who want a little bit of help in crafting their asset allocation.  |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Smart Move Will Save Your Retirement Leaving your investments alone while continuing to make new contributions is more likely to pay off in the long run.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Craig L. Israelsen |
An Age-Old Question Age plays an important role in determining asset allocation. The general consensus is, the older you get, the less risk you should take.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Do Pensions Beat 401(k)s? A recent study shows that investors aren't doing as well on their own and underscores the need for employees to understand and take full advantage of their retirement plan options.  |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2006 Todd Wenning |
One Major Retirement Mistake Compounding interest statistics can be misleading to investors planning for retirement. Here's how to be conservative with your growth estimates.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Building the Perfect Portfolio Smart asset allocation is critical to successful fund investing. Staying the course is a fine idea, but because your goals and tolerance for risk are bound to change over time, the perfect portfolio will always be a work in progress.  |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Did Asset Allocation Work? Some funds claimed to protect you from the downturn. Did they deliver?  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 Josie Raney |
Do Targeted Funds Hit Your Mark? Look before you take the lifecycle leap. If you're a beginning investor, these funds can offer inexpensive, no-fuss, diversification -- provided you choose the one that best suits your investing timeline and tolerance for risk.  |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
You Will Lose More Money If you're serious about investing for your retirement, you need a strategy to deal with days when you lose money. How will you handle it when it happens?  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2008 Adam J. Wiederman |
Don't Make This Mistake It's extremely risky to place a significant portion of your savings in your company's stock -- even if your company is the world's leader in its industry. In order to build a portfolio that will provide you with a secure retirement, you have to be diversified.  |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
How Much Risk Is Enough? Here's an asset allocation strategy that pays attention to what you really need.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2010 Robert Brokamp |
9 Retirement Killers Make sure you sock it away, and sock it away the right way.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2008 Claire Stephanic |
Guarantee Greater Returns Simply seeking advice can boost your earnings from thousands to millions.  |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Get a Bigger Bang from These Investments Target-date funds may soon be easier to evaluate.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2008 Brian Richards |
The Simple Strategy That Could Save Your Portfolio A very simple strategy of (1) thinking about your portfolio holistically and (2) diversifying into quality investments that don't perfectly correlate can really have an effect on your bottom line.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Where Smart Investors Put Their Money More investors are taking advantage of this strong retirement-based opportunity. Are you?  |
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2001 Jack McAllister |
On the Rise If 401(k) plan values are to rise to their potential, they could use a little more yeast -- in the form of REIT stocks...  |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Good News for 401(k) Investors The news is good, but not good enough, when it comes to saving for retirement.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Israelsen & Walker |
Right on Target? Life-cycle funds are relatively new. Here are the pros and cons of investing in target-date funds.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Leave Your Investments on Autopilot An occasional look can reveal profitable adjustments to your portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2008 Adam J. Wiederman |
How to Retire With Absolutely Nothing Living a comfortable retirement is not all that hard. But, as the following example shows, if you don't plan for retirement, you're in for some tough times.  |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Leading the Way This year is shaping up into one in which advisors will have to stay compliant with a plethora of retirement planning rules and regs if they expect to stay firmly rooted in the retirement planning arena -- and doing what's best for their clients.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2006 Rex Moore |
Optimize Your Asset Allocation The nearer you are to retirement, the more important your asset allocation. Which investments should go in your retirement account?  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Geoff Considine |
Not Without Risk Any discussion of whether the theoretical constructs of asset allocation and diversification broke down must start with a reasonable estimate of what they were supposed to provide.  |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Greg Salsbury |
Harvest Time As Americans live longer, advisors need to switch their emphasis from accumulating assets to making existing assets last.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Can You Retire on $75,000? Some tips to pump up your nest egg.  |
On Wall Street August 1, 2011 Matthew Lemieux |
The Growth of Non-Traditional Strategies When added to an investment portfolio, non-traditional approaches in mutual funds may create opportunities for return enhancement or risk reduction.  |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Elizabeth D. Festa |
The 6% Retirement Income Solution Tercet Capital LLC has designed a retirement income strategy that bucks conventional wisdom by allowing clients to withdraw an initial 6% of invested assets.  |
AskMen.com Luis Rodrigues |
The Importance Of Diversification The basic notion of diversification involves spreading a portfolio over many investments to avoid excessive exposure to a single source of risk. At the very minimum, try to avoid investing in only one particular stock.  |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Ryan Popple |
Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Joshua M. Kaplan |
Out of Balance The mutual fund universe is quite expansive, with multitudes of funds that have reasonable initial investment minimums. By opting for a balanced fund, clients need to understand that they are relinquishing control of their allocation.  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 William Harding |
Endowments Offer Investment Lessons for Retirees The number of Americans who turn 65 each week could fill a sports stadium -- and they all need income. Portfolios for people saving for retirement should be structured differently from those already there.  |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
4 Ways to Spread Your Risk In order to get some quality Zs, you need a solid asset-allocation plan -- meaning a portfolio with a bunch of investments that don't always move in the same direction.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Andrew Rudd |
First and Goal Financial advisors who want to thrive going forward should consider building client retirement portfolios capable of funding each investor's essential retirement goals, regardless of how the markets behave at any given time.  |