Savings & Retirement
How Is My 401(k) Doing? Every One of the Largest Funds Is Down This Year
The biggest 401(k)s have all lost ground this year, with all but 12 posting double-digit declines.
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Retirement funds are getting pounded by the turbulent U.S. stock market.
There are no positive returns so far this year among a list of the 100 largest 401(k) funds provided by data firm BrightScope, and all but 12 have posted double-digit losses. The ones that have done the best, suffering single-digit declines, are value-oriented or income-focused strategies, which weren’t whacked as hard by the recent slump in U.S. tech stocks.