Why I Don't Like Target Date Mutual Funds
Suze Orman's Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen)
Suze Orman Media
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🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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On this Suze School episode, Suze tells us why she doesn't like target date mutual funds. She starts by explaining what is happening in the bond market, why oil is a major factor and why you need to be an active investor, even in your retirement accounts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, Susio here now. What is the goal of money? The goal of money is for you to be secure. |
| 0:06.6 | And there is no better way for you to be secure than having an emergency savings account. |
| 0:13.2 | It is essential for your financial foundation. So all of you should be participating in |
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| 0:23.9 | Go to myalliant.com to find out more and be secure. May 24th, |
| 0:41.2 | 2006. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome everybody to the Women and Money podcast, as well as everybody's smart enough to listen. |
| 0:48.1 | Susie O. here, and today is Susie's school. |
| 0:50.7 | I wish all of you a very, very happy and thoughtful, thoughtful Memorial Day weekend. |
| 0:59.9 | And when I say thoughtful, it's because I hope you really think about what this weekend is really |
| 1:05.9 | all about. One more thing. Tomorrow, May 25th, is a person that I have worked with for over 20 years now by the |
| 1:19.2 | name of Carla Fried. And it is her birthday. And Carla, really, many of you don't know this, but has been my editor, my co-writer, has been with me |
| 1:33.1 | through most of the New York Times books that I have written with her help, by the way. |
| 1:39.5 | Many of the blogs that you read that you get every single week. She has been there with me through thick |
| 1:46.9 | and thin, and she is absolutely brilliant. So, Carla, I just want to say once again, I thank God so |
| 1:56.8 | much for your birth, because you have brought so much depth and really intelligence to everything |
| 2:03.6 | that everybody is reading, especially under my name. It is really many times everybody, |
| 2:10.1 | both of us, just so you know. And I just want to wish you the happiest, happiest birthday of all. |
| 2:19.6 | All right. |
| 2:20.9 | Today, Susie School is all about Target Date Mutual Funds. |
| 2:26.7 | I told you that on Thursday, that I would explain to you why I do not like them. |
| 2:32.5 | So today, for you to really understand why I don't like |
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