- About 80 percent of 401(k) plans offer target date funds.
- In all, assets in target date mutual funds approached $1.16 trillion as of the end of January.
If volatility in your retirement plan investments is giving you motion sickness, then maybe it's time to share your grievances with your boss.
Young investors in target-date funds white-knuckled their way through February because those funds are heavily invested in stocks for that age group and subject to short-term market swings.
Even some investors approaching retirement saw their target-date funds take a dive during last month's rout: Fidelity's Freedom 2020 Fund took a 6 percent hit between Jan. 26 and Feb. 8.
Darla Mercado | CNBC