millennials
Millennials: Here’s Some Guidance on Building Wealth for Retirement
Kiplinger contributor Tom Presley, CPA, CFP®, in a post on kiplinger.com, takes aim at ten common mistakes that some younger folks make on the way to career development…mistakes that cause then to fall behind in their efforts to build wealth and…
That “Lack of Retirement Savings” Issue Again!
“Nearly a third of adults age 50 and over admit they’re not prepared for retirement, according to a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In addition, another 39% of older adults say they’re only somewhat prepared…
Social Security’s Future: The Millennial Perspective
Call them Generation Y, Gen Y, or “echo Boomers,” but know one thing: this group of future retirees called Millennials appears to be growing worried about the future of Social Security. Millennials, generally considered to be those born from the…
Words from a Millennial…What We Really Think About Retirement!
The “old road to retirement” doesn’t appeal to millennials (generally considered to be young adults born between the early 1980s and 1990s), according to an article posted today on Forbes.com by contributor Ashley M. Fox. Her article sums up the millennial viewpoint as…
Have 8 in 10 Millennials Written Off Social Security
According to the results of a 2017 Investopedia study, 81% of surveyed millennials (the roughly 70 million people with birth dates from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s to early 2000s) are convinced that Social Security will not be available to them…
The Retirement Savings “Crisis”: MIllennials Speak Up
Despite all the reasons why the “millennial generation” should be focusing on saving for retirement, it still doesn’t appear to be happening. Why, you ask. Well, the National Institute on Retirement Security took a look at this issue and developed some…
Yet Another Study: Millennials Deficient in Saving for Retirement
A new study by National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) manager of research, Jennifer Brown, suggests that “Most Millennials have nothing saved for retirement, and those who are saving aren’t saving nearly enough.” Her report on the study, titled “Millennials and Retirement:…
Boomers Express Need for Social Security Counseling
Maybe its a simple matter of chronological proximity, but a survey conducted in February by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. indicated that Baby Boomers have a stronger interest in Social Security counseling than close in the Millennial age cohort (birthdates…