A report on 401(k) plans notes: Younger participants tended to favor equity funds while older participants

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A report on 401(k) plans notes: “Younger participants tended to favor equity funds … while older participants were more likely to invest in fixedincome securities such as bond funds.”
a. What are 401(k) plans?
b. What does the report mean by “equity funds”? Why might younger investors be more likely to invest in equity funds while older investors are more likely to invest in bond funds?

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Money, Banking, and the Financial System

ISBN: 978-0134524061

3rd edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien

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