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Portfolio Delegation and 401(k) Plan Participant Responses to COVID-19 / David Blanchett, Michael S. Finke, Jonathan Reuter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanchett, David.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w27438.
- NBER working paper series no. w27438
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Portfolio Delegation and 401
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2020.
- Summary:
- We analyze the behavior of 401(k) plan participants during the first quarter of 2020, when COVID-19 generated historic volatility, large negative returns, and significant unemployment. Only 2.1% of participants invested in TDFs made any changes to their portfolios, with even lower rates of change among those defaulted into robo-advised managed accounts, suggesting that delegation can decrease the likelihood of portfolio mistakes by less sophisticated participants. While 16.6% of non-delegated participants made portfolio changes, these changes were more likely among more sophisticated participants and appear not to have reduced participants' quarterly returns. Consistent with liquidity constraints, however, withdrawals spike following job loss.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2020.
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