Monday, January 09, 2006
Advisers Brace For Boomers
The baby boomer generation didn't live like their depression-era predecessors, so why would anyone think they would retire like them?
On Jan. 1, the leading edge of some 78 million living Americans born between 1946-1964 turned 60 and thus began the slow, creeping -- but inevitable -- march of the largest demographic in American history toward their golden years. At 28% of the country's population, it's twice as large as the current elderly population.
Advisers Brace For Boomers
Source: Biz Journals
On Jan. 1, the leading edge of some 78 million living Americans born between 1946-1964 turned 60 and thus began the slow, creeping -- but inevitable -- march of the largest demographic in American history toward their golden years. At 28% of the country's population, it's twice as large as the current elderly population.
Advisers Brace For Boomers
Source: Biz Journals