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Read the multipart series All About Target Date Funds

Please read Important Notes about the contents of this page.

Target Date Funds: To or Through?
by Craig Israelsen, published in Financial Planning, September 2011

Response to the Security and Exchange Commission regarding its proposed disclosure rules for target date funds
by Joe Nagengast, Principal, TDA, and Ryan Alfred, President, BrightScope, August 2010

Recovery in Target Date Funds?
by Joe Nagengast, February 2010

Approaching the Tarmac: Examining Target Date Funds and Balanced Funds
by Craig Israelsen, published in the Journal of Investment Consulting, Summer 2009

Testimony before the Department of Labor and Securities and Exchange Commission
Joint Hearings on Target Date Funds

by Joe Nagengast, June 2009

The Three Stages of Individual Investing Are Like a Journey into Space
by Craig Israelsen and Ron Surz, June 2009

Glide
by Susan Trammell, CFA, published in CFA Magazine, January-February 2009

2010, A Fund Odyssey
by Craig Israelsen, published in Financial Planning Magazine, November 2008
(To view version with color graphics, download this version.)

What Target Date Funds Can Do...and What They Can't
by Joe Nagengast, October 23, 2008

Winners by Default
by Craig Israelsen, published in Financial Planning Magazine, February 2008

OnTarget Date Indexes
by Craig Israelsen, published on IndexUniverse.com, January 22, 2008

Evaluating Target Date Lifecycle Funds
by Ron Surz and Craig Israelsen, published in The Journal of Performance Measurement,
Winter 2007/2008. (To view version with color graphics, download this version.)

The Benefits of Low Correlation: Why Low Correlations Matter for Retirement
by Craig Israelsen, published in the Journal of Indexes, November/December 2007

Missing the Target?
by Craig Israelsen and Joe Nagengast, published in Financial Planning Magazine, September 2007

The Promise of Target Date Funds
by Joe Nagengast, July 2007

Important Notes About the Content of this Page
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