The debate on whether money can buy happiness isn’t new, but when you throw in the views of different generations, it gets interesting. Is it possible to put a price tag on happiness? It turns out that Baby Boomers and Millennials don’t see eye to eye on this. While 59% of people agree money does […]
Americans are holding on to their homes twice as long as they did 20 years ago, with older generations finding fewer motivations to sell and move, according to a new report. The average US homeowner has spent just short of 12 years in their home, up from 6½ years two decades ago, according to real […]
The youngest baby boomers, born in the era that spawned Beatlemania, face a looming retirement crisis, researchers have found. “Late boomers,” Americans born between 1960 and 1965, have less retirement wealth, and much less retirement savings, than either older boomers or “war babies,” generations born between 1942 and 1959, according to a recent paper from […]
‘It’s going to be a cat-and-mouse game’: ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ forecasts silver wave as baby boomers begin listing their homes to cash in on wealth gains. Is now the ideal time to sell? Meredith Whitney — famously known as the “Oracle of Wall Street” for her forewarnings of a financial crisis back in 2007 […]
The oldest Gen Xers, born in 1965, are just a few years away from traditional retirement age. But many don’t feel nearly ready enough for that next chapter. Fortune received hundreds of emails from Gen Xers who say they are worried about what the future holds in store for them and their retirement readiness. “I’ve […]
Tough luck millennials and zoomers. The Sarasota-Manatee metro area has the eighth highest share of housing owned by baby boomers in the United States, with nearly half of all residential property owned by people between 58 and 76 years old, according to a report using U.S. Census Bureau demographic data. Construction Coverage released its latest […]
Hi again! John M Lund Photography Inc / Getty Images We went through X aka Twitter to see what questions people had for boomers in 2023, and here are some of the realest/funniest ones we could find… As always, there will be a millennial follow-up after this! 1. Lawns: Why do boomers care so much […]