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Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 2
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (ongoing expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Form
-Number N-1A
-Chapter A
-Section 3
-Subsection table
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph 7

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