How do 529 plan enrollment-based portfolio glide paths work?
Target-date funds aren’t limited to retirement saving. Find out how to harness the benefits of an asset allocation glide path in your 529 plan, too.
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Moving beyond the bleak 60/40 outlook: a new diversification paradigm
We’ve moved past peak support from the world’s central banks, and tightening monetary policy has profound implications for financial market returns over the next 10 years.
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The Fed’s balance sheet represents an underappreciated risk right now
What’s the greatest underappreciated risk plaguing markets today? See what’s most worrisome to Adam C. Rudd, CFA, Standard Life Investments.Read more -
What’s driving fiduciaries to multimanager target-date funds?
Based on a recent survey of nearly 500 retirement plan fiduciaries, the majority now prefers open-architecture, or multimanager, target-date funds. Find out why.Read more -
What can history teach us about today's trade tensions?
What can history teach us about today’s trade tensions? Lessons can be found in the Smoot-Hawley tariffs and the history of empires.Read more -
What is a target-date fund glide path, and how does it work?
Perhaps the most important distinguishing feature of any target-date fund is its glide path—the asset allocation adjustments that the fund makes to balance growth potential with risk management as an investor ages.Read more -
What are hedge funds—and why did they outperform in the sell-off?
Hedge funds have long managed risk for the accredited investor—but what are they? And why have they done better than their unhedged peers in falling markets?Read more -
ETFs prove resilient in the February market correction
Market volatility rose to multiyear highs in February 2018. We explore why ETFs showed a new resilience to market turmoil.Read more -
18 of the best investing books for 2018
We surveyed our global network of asset managers and compiled a list of 18 of the best investing books for 2018. Find out which timeless titles made the list.Read more -
What is bond duration, and why does it matter now?
Rising rates are taking a toll on bond prices this year. Understanding bond duration is one way to find out how your portfolio may fare.Read more