Thoughts on the Vanguard 401k? I feel like there are way too many target date funds

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They are probably in 5 year increments coving the age of employees. That is the point of them.

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Figure out when you’re likely to retire, pick the fund that’s closest to that and put everything in there. Then stop thinking about your 401k until you’re 60.

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Completely agree.

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Lower returns and higher management fees. Just do a total stock market and total bond and allocate accordingly. I do total stock 100% but I’m young 30s.

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Agree but if someone does not understand or want to understand investments, vanguard target funds are very good and fairly inexpensive. Also you never have to worry about balancing since they do it for you.

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The allocation glides slowly towards more bonds based on your target retirement year. Easy low cost solution.

You could build the same thing by looking at the holdings of a target date fund to save even more on fees but not worth the hassle for most.

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