Selecting Mutual Funds for Retirement Accounts

Context : Alice’s goal in saving for retirement was to ensure that she individually would have enough to live on after she retired at the age of 65. She was not sure how much of her $75000 annual salary she should save toward retirement. Her husband earned $80000 per year and together they wanted to concentrate on saving for a new car and a down payment for a house. All of their other major financial decisions such as a college savings plan healthcare and monthly expenses were adequately planned for. If she did start investing she was not sure how to pick the funds for her retirement account. Although there were only 15 Tier 2 and 3 funds there were thousands more if she considered Tier 4 funds. Furthermore although the information from Morningstar was interesting and the statistics she calculated insightful they did not give her the absolute clarity she hoped for. In general she felt somewhat overwhelmed by the whole prospect of selecting funds for her retirement account. Should she just go with the target-date retirement fund Question What do you think about the set of Tier 2 and 3 funds available for her to invest in? Do you think the collection of funds in each asset class are good offerings? If not what would you change? Do you think the selection is adequate or should more funds be offered? Why? Requirements: As needed | .doc file