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Life-cycle fund

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001074

Self-balancing plan that shifts investments on the basis of risk over time.

Note: Funds typically have a targeted retirement date, whereas initial investments are generally higher risk and are rebalanced into lower risk investments throughout the investment period.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001074
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001074",
  "term": "Life-cycle fund",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Self-balancing plan that shifts investments on the basis of risk over time.\n\nNote: Funds typically have a targeted retirement date, whereas initial investments are generally higher risk and are rebalanced into lower risk investments throughout the investment period.",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/life-cycle-fund/"
}

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