The study, published in November 2023, compared eight mainstream approaches to retirement investing. The portfolio with 100% domestic stocks did just as well as the one split between domestic and international equities on average, Cederburg noted. AdvertisementTherefore, Cederburg pointed to the second-best contender as the portfolio comprising an equal split between domestic and international stocks, with a small percentage allocated to bonds. The study also showed that the all-stocks investor was least likely to run out of money during retirement. The target-date fund combines domestic and international stocks, bonds, and bills.

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Persons: Scott Cederburg, Cederburg, Jeremy Stempien, Stempien, David Blanchett, PGIM's Organizations: Service, Finance, University of Arizona, Cederburg