Delay retirement to grow savings, boost payments

Although a troubling number of executives and brokers with bailed-out firms still seem to be on track with an ultra-cushy retirement, yours might be derailed. Reality-check time: You probably won’t be able to retire when you hoped to unless you make a lot more money and save it. Since your retirement funds are probably ravaged, it’s no surprise that you may need to work longer.

Although a troubling number of executives and brokers with bailed-out firms still seem to be on track with an ultra-cushy retirement, yours might be derailed. Reality-check time: You probably won’t be able to retire when you hoped to unless you make a lot more money and save it. Since your retirement funds are probably ravaged, it’s no surprise that you may need to work longer. This is bitter …

Poor performance raises questions about automatic long-term investments (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Target date mutual funds are marketed as a safe and easy path to retirement planning, but their recent poor performance is raising questions about the “set it and forget it” style of long-term investing.

Target date mutual funds are marketed as a safe and easy path to retirement planning, but their recent poor performance is raising questions about the “set it and forget it” style of long-term investing.