Tag: target-risk funds

Compliance January 14th, 2022

Lawsuit Alleges Choice of Target-Risk Funds Caused Losses to Participants

Milliman has been accused of failing to remove poorly performing investments, subadvised by its affiliate, from its 401(k) plan.

Investing March 4th, 2020

When Target-Risk Makes More Sense Than Target-Date

The reason why target-risk funds gave way to target-date funds is the perceived simplicity of just using one’s retirement date to set the portfolio's investment risk tolerance—but this approach doesn’t work optimally for all participants.

Products January 3rd, 2019

Investment Product and Service Launches

American Beacon Advisors creates mutual fund with multi-asset program and Vanguard closes million-dollar securities fund to new clients.

MARKET MIRROR

Friday, the Dow lost 450.02 points (1.30%) to finish at 34,265.37, the Nasdaq closed 385.10 points (2.72%) lower at 13,768.92, and the S&P 500 decreased 84.79 points (1.89%) to 4,397.94. The Russell 2000 was down 36.12 points (1.78%) at 1,987.92, and the Wilshire 5000 fell 922.32 points (2.04%) to 44,219.82.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note increased 4/32, bringing its yield down to 1.768%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond climbed 30/32, decreasing its yield to 2.082%.

For the week ending January 21, the Dow fell 4.58%, the Nasdaq was down 7.55%, and the S&P 500 decreased 5.68%. The Russell 2000 lost 8.07%, and the Wilshire 5000 finished 6.12% lower.