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Target date fund returns rebounded in 2009

Target-date funds in Ibbotson Associates' research universe returned an average of 27.1% in 2009, compared to a 30.8% loss in the previous year.

Target-date funds in Ibbotson Associates' research universe returned an average of 27.1% in 2009, compared to a 30.8% loss in the previous year.

“As the market goes, so goes the target-date funds,” Thomas Idzorek, Ibbotson chief investment officer and director of research, said in an

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