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A 29-year old friend of mine asked me recently, “How do I get started investing for retirement?”* Since I prefer education and coaching to “advice”, here’s what I told him.<\/p>\n

For me, investments should be simple, cheap and take only smart risks.<\/strong> There are more than 9,000 mutual funds<\/a> out there. How do I choose one? I use these criteria:<\/p>\n

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  1. Type: <\/strong>I look for a Target Date Retirement Fund<\/strong><\/a> around the year I intend to retire.<\/strong> Target Date Retirement Funds automatically change their allocations to stocks, bonds and cash over time so that you take less risk as you age. \n
      Typical glide path for target-date funds. Over time, your investment becomes less risky because there are fewer stocks and more bonds (and cash). Source: SEC<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    1. Fees:  Less than 0.75%, “No-Load.”<\/strong> Management fees are what you pay the company providing the investment to select and hold the securities in the fund. “No-load” means you pay no fees to make each investment.<\/li>\n
    2. Minimum Investment: Not more than $1,000. <\/strong>Obviously, you want to make sure you can make the first investment!<\/li>\n
    3. Turnover: <25%.<\/strong> Turnover measures how frequently the manager trades the securities in the fund. For example, 100% turnover means that the manager trades each security once, on average, each year. Low turnover keeps expenses and taxes lower.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Next, I put these criteria a screener like Morningstar’s<\/a> to create a short list.<\/p>\n

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      Morningstar’s basic fund screener. You’ll need to choose the Target-Date year (2050 above) that’s closest to the year when you expect to retire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      Then, I look for other outsized risks, fees, longevity, size and other issues to make the list even shorter. Here’s what I ended up with recently:<\/p>\n