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Tony Robbins: 7 questions to make sure your financial adviser is on your side

I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Tony Robbins: I Am Not your Guru” and it is an inspiring film that makes you want to change your life for the better. If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend it. While Robbins is known for his life coaching, he found that the American public needed to become better educated about their investments and especially their relationship to financial advisers. This year he released his latest book, “Unshakable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook” based on interviews with some of the titans in finance like Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates and Vanguard legend Jack Bogle.

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5 Shocking Facts about Target Date Funds

If you are a 401(k) participant, it is very likely that you are invested in a target date fund. Vanguard expects that by 2016, 80% of new participants will invest solely in target date funds up from 64% in 2011.

If you aren’t familiar, target date funds combine several mutual funds into one easy to digest fund and are managed to become more conservative as participants move closer to retirement age.

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