Some say target-date mutual funds are your best retirement savings option. But if the rules are too confusing, how do you know if they're working?

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Target-date mutual funds were hurt just as badly as the rest during the financial crisis, but investors shouldn't give up on them completely.

As younger investors reconsider target-date funds, here are alternative funds to look in to instead.

Though widely criticized during the market crash of 2008, target-date funds are making a comeback.

The SEC and the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration are to scrutinize target-date funds failure and reform, as well as how to safeguard (and teaching consumers about) retirement funds in general.

Target-date funds, once considered the be-all, end-all mutual-fund product for investors who don 't have the time or inclination to build their own retirement portfolios, are about to be scrutinized by federal regulators. Given the rising popularity of th

The SEC is reviewing target-date funds and making sure that their asset allocations are transparent to investors.

In the wake of lost retirement funds, many turn to target-date funds for their flexibility, performance and ability to automatically switch to more conservative allocations as an investor approaches a predetermined retirement date.

Even though target-date funds haven't been immune to the market downturn, they are still a relatively good option for retirement saving.That's why Congress is seeing if there is any way to make them safer.