Investing

Boring is Better for Top-Performing 401(k) Retirement Funds

With tech stocks dragging down growth funds, a more buttoned-up approach to investing is faring better as the market churns.

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When it comes to saving for retirement, sometimes it’s good to be boring.

With growth funds dragged down by tech stock declines, their more buttoned-down cousins — funds that take a more value-oriented or balanced approach to investing — have supplanted them as leaders among the most popular 401(k) funds in retirement savings plans.